Queensland Racing Limited (QRL) Chairman Mr Bob Bentley today announced planning would begin to officially record the history of racing in Queensland.

"We see it as our job to ensure that valuable past and future pieces of history in this state are not lost," Mr Bentley said.

"The history of racing in Queensland has never been documented in its entirety although there are notable publications about various industry characters, events and club history available.

"We anticipate the history would be recorded both in a hard back publication and electronically, incorporating race footage."

Mr Bentley said work on the project would commence as soon as possible to start the necessary research.

He added that the Board had approved an allowance of $250,000 for the 2008/09 year for the project.  

Queensland Racing Media Release Published 04/07/08