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We are pleased to advise that the Members' Lounge will be open this Saturday, 27 October and 3 November.  The betting auditorium will be on the ground floor of the Officials Stand as per weekday race meetings, just opposite the Members' Lounge.

Dress is in keeping with the Members' area, whilst you are not expected to wear a coat and tie, please don't come along in shorts. Smart casual dress please.

The Members' Lounge will not be open when racing resumes on 1 December, nor will it be open on Melbourne Cup Day.  It will be business as usual in the Members' Stand.

Melbourne Cup Day Party

The ponies may be missing but the party is still on at Randwick Racecourse on 2GB Melbourne Cup Day – Tuesday 6 November 2007.

Spending Melbourne Cup Day anywhere other than at a racetrack is second best, as Randwick is still the place to experience the race that stops a nation.
There will be a band playing after the last race.  Member guest tickets $30 and unlimited.

The Hat Studio - Offer to Members

Once again, The Hat Studio is happy to offer AJC Members a 20% discount on the purchase of fashion hats, handbags and jewellery and wraps for Spring.

Just show your current membership card to the ladies when you visit. This special offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other.

Call in and see Jenny and her ladies at

THE HAT STUDIO
168 VICTORIA AVE
CHATSWOOD 2067

PH: 9413 4688

Sponsor of Best Hat on Melbourne Cup Day.

Christmas Ideas

Stuck for ideas?  Why not slip an AJC membership into a family member's Christmas stocking?

For just $385* they can enjoy the same privileges of AJC membership as you do.  To guarantee delivery before Christmas applications must be received by Friday 7 December.

*Based on extended family joining fee $185 and $200 pro-rata subscription from December until 30 June 2008.

Reciprocity - Perth Racing

If you are travelling to Western Australia we are pleased to advise that the Western Australian Turf Club has offered our members reciprocal privileges on all race dates with the exception of

Melbourne Cup Day

and Perth Cup Day - 1 January.

As with other reciprocal clubs, you pay course entry and go along to the raceday office with your AJC card and they will give you a complimentary ticket for yourself and you may purchase one for a guest if you wish.

Merchandise

Christmas is coming, make shopping a bit easier by going to our on-line shop click here to view a fantatic array of AJC branded merchandise.

A Message from our Tracks Manager

AJC Racecourses and Equine Influenza

Over the past few months members may have been wondering what the track and garden staff have been spending their time on at the racecourses.

Throughout the EI interval Peter Peacock and his garden team have been busily tending to the floral displays that compliment the function centre. This area was not in the quarantine zone and the gardens are an important way of welcoming people to Royal Randwick.

Out on the tracks we have brought forward our spring turf renovations. At Randwick we have thinned out, aerated and topdressed the Course Proper and Kensington Tracks. They are both in superb condition and ready to race on. Over the first week in November we will also be topdressing the Steeple Track and integrating 400 cubic metres of organic matter into the dirt training track. This is an annual occurrence that helps with moisture retention and surface compaction and has been brought forward with the onset of EI.

At Warwick Farm we have been lifting the sprinkler heads on the inside of the Course Proper and topdressing the inside three metres of turf. Over the past decade this part of the track has been neglected and not used for racing. On completion of this project we will have an extra three metres of track on the inside, which adds another race run.

With quarantine at Royal Randwick now over and Warwick Farm likely to follow within a month we are readying ourselves to get back into racing. Saturday, 1 December the is going to be a great day and with further meetings throughout Christmas and the New Year we look forward to seeing you at the races.