The construction of a luxury apartment tower at Eagle Farm is threatening the future of racing after jockeys walked off the track on the weekend.
The future of racing at Eagle Farm racecourse is under a cloud due to the construction of a trackside apartment tower that jockeys say is spooking horses on the home turn.
“All these incidents are happening at exactly the same spot,” Queensland Jockeys Association president Glen Prentice said.Crisis talks were held on Sunday where it was suggested a larger sight screen – similar to those used at the cricket – be erected at the track. “Every horse that has had an incident has not been trained at Eagle Farm. The ones trained at Eagle Farm are used to the site.”Advertisement
“We won’t know until it’s completed,” he said, acknowledging that the presence of the apartment building could be an ongoing issue.Charlton House is the third apartment tower in the trackside Ascot Green development.
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