Damage to the Gold Coast racetrack has forced the relocation of the first day of the Magic Millions carnival and left the venue for the main event on January 11th uncertain.
The last race at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday night was won by Cosmic Fire. Investigations continue after damage to part of the Gold Coast racetrack where the city's Magic Millions usually takes place. Horse rights activist says protesters are not responsible, while the carnival's first meet was moved to the Sunshine Coast yesterday. It remains unclear where the main day of the Magic Millions carnival, on January 11, will be held.
One of the world's richest horse race meetings — the final day of the Gold Coast Magic Millions — is scheduled to run in six days but the venue is still up in the air. Police said investigations continued into damage to the Gold Coast racetrack at Bundall, which forced day one of the broader Magic Millions carnival to be relocated yesterday.Leading horse rights activist Elio Celotto said there was 'no way' any activist was responsible for damage to the track. 'Animal activists are there because they care about the animals, they're not going to put any horses more in jeopardy by doing something like that,' he said.'It appears, to me anyway, that just made a mistake and now they have to deal with the problem,' he said.Due to safety concerns, the twilight race meeting yesterday was moved to the Sunshine Coast. Sunshine Coast Turf Club chief executive John Miller said there were 'above average' crowds for main race, with up to 1,400 race goers in attendance. 'I think everyone's just relieved that all those races were run and won, and I think it ran as good as it possibly could out of a really bad, tricky situation down at the Gold Coast,' he said. 'A lot of people that were obviously down on the Gold Coast and travelled up to see their horses run … had never been to the Sunny Coast before, and that was a great experience as well.'He said it was amazing to pull off the last-minute move and there was a lot of excitement on the trac
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