Rebuilding work right ‘on track’

RACING Queensland chief executive Eliot Forbes has declared the rebuild of Eagle Farm will deliver an industry best surface, on schedule, and dismissed suggestions the project is doomed to fail.

Industry speculation about the track has been in overdrive.

A brown colouring on sections of the new turf led to suggestions the track is “dead” and would require an overhaul.

Forbes said suggestions the track was dead were ridiculous and reiterated the completion date is “still unequivocally on target for spring racing, 2018’’.

The last meeting at Eagle Farm was on May 27 last year.