The Brisbane Racing Club (BRC) is the major sponsor of the Queensland Horse Racing Museum which is powered by the Thoroughbred Racing History Association (TRHA). The TRHA is a not-for-profit organisation established to preserve the history of the thoroughbred industry for the general public and industry participants. Further information about the TRHA can be found here.

It is staffed by enthusiastic volunteers who have a background in racing and are keen to exchange the knowledge stored in the Research Centre & Archive housed on Doomben racecourse to the public on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 10am and 1pm or by appointment outside these hours.

Our displays at the Racing Museum in the heritage-listed Old Tote building at Eagle Farm racecourse are open to the general public by prior appointment only.

The TRHA welcomes the donation of objects that will complement and fulfil our current collections. Each donation request is thoughtfully considered by our committee to determine if the gift is in line with the specific criteria for the acquisition and acceptance of donations, as outlined in the TRHA Collections Policy; any object accepted into the TRHA’s collection should be consistent with our mission, be relevant, and be properly cared for. If you are interested in making the gift of an object to the TRHA, please ring us on (07) 3630 2245 or email us at heritage@brc.com.au for further advice.

Previous Event - SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER

To commemorate the reopening of Eagle Farm on Saturday 14 September, the Queensland Horse Racing Museum had an open day between the hours of 12pm and 3pm. Free entry was to all Raceday attendees inside our Old Tote Building location.

Visitors marvelled at the workings of the Julius Totalisator and saw our wonderful collection of horse racing memorabilia which includes Tulloch’s 1961 Brisbane Cup, Gunsynd’s many trophies, dozens of paintings and photographs etc. Visitors also relived videos and replays of Queensland’s greatest races on our interactive Touchscreen Information Kiosk.

LATEST CONTENT UPDATE
Toowoomba Trainer Paul Nolan (Snr) recently passed away. Paul was the brother of Basil Nolan who is the Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association President and operates Raheen Stud near Warwick. He was the father to seven children including Michael & Paul (Jnr) who are trainers in their own right. He trained 6 Black type stakes winners, all of them were on Queensland tracks. Go to our Trainers Page and click or touch the Nolan, Paul (Snr) name. You will then find recent articles and tributes about this great trainer and links to replays and racing records of each horse.

We've won the Cup !!!
Queensland Racing's longest hoodoo stretching 163 years has just been broken with the win by Knight's Choice in the 2024 Melbourne Cup. Trained at the Sunshine Coast by John Symons & Sheila Laxon, Knight's Choice is the first locally trained horse to ever win the Cup. A fairytale result for all concerned especially jockey Robbie Dolan who came to Queensland 2 years ago to resurrect his career when opportunities were drying up down south. The most remarkable part of the win is how Knight's Choice can stay 3200m based on his breeding. His sire Extreme Choice was a Blue Diamond Stakes winner (who had already sired a Golden Slipper winner) and never raced further than 1200m. It reminds oneself of Bletchingly who only won races up to 1100 metres but sired Kingston Town who could win over 3200 metres. Must be stoutness in Knight's Choices dam Midnight Pearl being a daughter of More Than Ready. Go to our Horses Page K-O and view the story behind Knight's Choice which includes replays of every start in his career. His Sunshine Coast Winx Guineas win in 2023 was particularly outstanding.
Four new inductees into the Racing Queensland Hall of Fame have been announced at the recent 2024 TAB Queensland Thoroughbred Awards night. Relive their back stories by following these links. (Horse - Show A Heart) (Trainer - Barry Baldwin) (Jockey - Eva King née Draper) (Associate - Brien Murphy)
Photos of our National Trust Heritage Festival Events have now been added. 2024 was titled Gunsynd The Legend where you can watch a complete video of the event. 2023 was titled The Stradbroke Habit. 2022 was titled The Creek, of Course.

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