The latest Brisbane Summer Racing Carnival meet takes place at Eagle Farm Racecourse today, Saturday December 21, as the countdown to Christmas and the Magic Millions Carnival heats up.

Mark Zahra rides the 2019 Grand Prix Stakes favourite Chains Of Honour at Eagle Farm today. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos.
Eagle Farm Track Report – 21/12/2019
- Rail: +2m Entire
- Weather: Fine
- Track Type: Turf
- Track Rating: Good (4)
- Irrigation: 10mm last 24hrs; 65mm last 7 days
- Rainfall: Nil
- Track Information: Going Stick = Index 11.1 Penetrate 10.5 Shear 12.4
It is sunny skies in Brisbane today and with no real chance of any significant rainfall, the current Good (4) Eagle Farm track rating looks set to remain across the afternoon’s racing.
Grand Prix Stakes Day is a key lead-up to the Gold Coast’s $10 million Magic Millions Race Day on January 11 and the racing gets underway today at 12:23pm (AEST).
The nine-race Eagle Farm card features a host of Magic Millions qualifiers plus the meeting’s namesake with the Group 3 $250,000 Grand Prix Stakes (2206m) set to run as Race 5 at 2:52pm.
The Grand Prix Stakes 2019 field is down to 11 starters following the early scratching of Alignment (6) and the updated markets at Ladbrokes.com.au are led by firming favourite Chains Of Honour ($3.30 into $2.25) for trainer Gerald Ryan.
The other Black-Type on the card is the Listed $140,000 Magic Millions Falvelon Quality (1200m) running as the penultimate event as a lead-up into the $1 million Magic Millions Snippets (1200m) next month.
See below for the latest Eagle Farm scratchings and Saturday track report for the Brisbane racing before heading to Ladbrokes.com.au for the weekend’s best odds and offers.
Eagle Farm Scratchings – 21/12/2019
Total Scratchings: 24
Race 1 (12:23pm) – $125,000 Magic Millions Basil Nolan JR QTIS 2YOs Plate (1000m)
#7 Informer (3)
#8 Bid In A Hurry (15)
#11e Bakuhatsu (10)
#14e Lopez (9)
#15e Poupee (13)
#16e That’ll Be The Day (12)
Race 2 (12:58pm) – $75,000 Memberships at BRC Class 6 Handicap (1000m)
#3 Clear The Beach (9)
#4 Dream Master (11)
Race 3 (1:33pm) – $125,000 TAB QTIS City to Surf Plate – 3YO (1600m)
#5 First Dawn (7)
Race 4 (2:12pm) – $75,000 TAB Benchmark 80 Handicap (2206m)
No current scratchings
Race 5 (2:52pm) – $250,000 Group 3 Mullins Grand Prix Stakes (2206m)
#11 Alignment (6)
Race 6 (3:32pm) – $50,000 Girls Day Out Raceday Class 3 Plate (1200m)
#3 Silent Explorer (21)
#12 I Am Courage (13)
#14 Centrefire (19)
#16 Hiroko (12)
#18e Cabalo Escuro (17)
#20e Mountbatten (8)
#21e Sojournist (15)
#22e Heaven’s High (5)
#23e The Drake (11)
Race 7 (4:12pm) – $75,000 Hamilton Hotel Class 6 Handicap (1400m)
#11 Metson (13)
#13 Gregory (12)
Race 8 (4:52pm) – Listed $140,000 Magic Millions Falvelon Quality (1200m)
#11 Lim’s Lightning (2)
Race 9 (5:32pm) – $125,000 Racing Queensland Provincial Series Final Handicap (1300m)
#11 Daunting Queen (12)
#17e Whodunnit (14)
*All times quoted are local (AEST) to track location and subject to change