MURWILLUMBAH: Racing To Resume On The Tweed

Wednesday, 14 November 2007: Delighted Tweed River Jockey Club officials are excited that racing will be returning to Murwillumbah racecourse on November 26.

The ANZ Christmas Cup meeting will be the first hosted by the TRJC since August.
"It will be pleasing to see the public and thoroughbred racing come together again after the turmoil of equine influenza," said TRJC chairman Bernie Quinn.
"It will be good to be reminded how nice it is to see the horses going around at Murwillumbah, in front of the sugar cane fields and the Border Ranges.
"Everyone's rearing to go, and the racing surface is in good shape."
The feature event of the meeting will be the ANZ Christmas Cup a Rating 76 handicap over 1000 metres.
Seven races will make up the TAB program, with the possibility of an eighth, depending on the number of nominators.
Up for grabs will be $84,000 prizemoney and BOBS breeding bonuses.
While Queensland based thoroughbreds usually make their presence felt at Murwillumbah, there will be no competitors from the northern side of the border owing to restrictions on horse movements pertaining to equine influenza.