Date set for Qld racing to resume

Queensland Racing has earmarked December 1 for a resumption in racing in south-east Queensland, after a better than-expected vaccination program against the equine influenza virus.

Last month Racing Minister Andrew Fraser said racing would not resume in the south-east until February next year.

Queensland Racing spokesman Malcolm Tuttle says a site has not been selected yet, but it is great news for the punters.

"We've had a void of TAB racing of course in south-east Queensland for a period of time," he said.

"We have had some meetings that've been produced in the green zone which is through central, north and north-western Queensland, and they've been very successful.

"I guess there's a lot of people down here in south-east Queensland that can't wait to get back to the races, so hopefully from December 1 they'll be able to do that."