Eagle Farm racecourse is one of two metropolitan courses in Brisbane and has been Queensland’s major racing venue since the 1860s.

Eagle Farm recourse is located in the suburb of Ascot and is right adjacent to Brisbane’s other metropolitan racecourse at Doomben. The two courses are separated by Nudgee Road.

Racing at Eagle Farm was conducted by the Queensland Turf Club from 1863 until its merger with the neighbouring Brisbane Turf Club in 2009 to form the Brisbane Racing Club.

The Tattersalls Racing Club shares Eagle Farm with the BRC and holds one feature meeting each year in June as part of the winter carnival where they run the Tatts Tiara.

The major races run at Eagle Farm racecourse include the Stradbroke Handicap, Brisbane Cup, Queensland Derby, Queensland Oaks, JJ Atkins and Tatts Tiara. They are features of the Brisbane racing carnival held each year in May and June.

Eagle Farm racecourse is one of the biggest metropolitan tracks in Australia with a course proper circumference of 2027m. The home straight is a long 434m.

Racing returned to Eagle Farm in 2019 after a period of time away following problems with the surface. It was effectively two years since Group 1 races were run there however they have had to run some Stradbrokes at Doomben for a few years.

Eagle Farm racecourse is an oval course now with races from 1000m to 1600m starting on the course proper. 1800m races start on the bend out of the straight and staying races over 2200m and 2400m in the home straight.

As part of the $1.2billion development upgrade to facilities at Eagle Farm and Doomben racecourses, there is a new stabling precinct catering for more than 600 horses located in the centre of the course.

Some great Queensland horses have won at Eagle including Bernborough, Gunsynd and Buffering.

One of the great careers ended at Eagle Farm with Tulloch taken north by TJ Smith to win the PJ O’Shea Stakes and Brisbane Cup in 1961.