Barrier
advantages: Of least importance at 1300 and 1400
The Sunshine Coast Turf Club ("SCTC")
conducted its first race meeting in July 1985. In racing industry
terms, the SCTC is a young club but despite its short operating
life has now developed into a first class racing and training
facility.
The property on which the SCTC operates was owned by the
Caloundra City Council until the freehold was purchased by
the Sunshine Coast Racing Unit Trust in July 2007.
The SCTC grass racetrack is regarded as one of the best in
Australia. In addition to the grass track, the club now also
has a synthetic racetrack ("Cushion Track").
The cushion track provides an all-weather racing surface,
and is the first of its kind in Australia. It has provided
a major boost to the Club's capacity and capability to provide
high quality training and racing facilities despite the fairly
high local rainfall.
