BRC Sprint

The BRC Sprint is a Brisbane Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred open horse race run under Quality Handicap conditions over a distance of 1350 metres at Doomben Racecourse, Brisbane, Australia during the Queensland Winter Racing Carnival. The prizemoney is currently A$250,000

History

Name

1985-1990 - BTC Sprint
1991-1995 - BATC Sprint
1996-2009 - BTC Sprint
2010 onwards - BRC Sprint

Grade

1985-1995 - Listed Race
1996 onwards - Group 3

Distance

1985-2019 – 1350 metres
2020 – 1200 metres

Records

Two trainers have won this race twice:

Walter Doolan
John Morish

Two jockeys have won the race twice:

John Hutchings
Larry Cassidy

The race record is held by Chief De Beers in 1998 in 1:17.50. Chief De Beers recorded all his twenty victories on the Doomben race track.

Winners