News
20 April, 2025
Beavis and Bartels race day a huge success
Kilcoy Race Club celebrates 50 years of sponsorship from families
Contributed by Con Searle
THE Beavis and Bartels Families race day was a magnificent success, despite an 18-meter squally downpour.
We had an exceptionally large crowd in attendance, with family members celebrating the Beavis and Bartels families’ 50th year of sponsorship of the Kilcoy Race Club, which, in my opinion, must be an Australian record for continuous sponsorship of a race club. The feature race of the day was the Keith Beavis & Carl Bartels Memorial Best Mates Cup over 1900m which was won in good style by the front running “Force Me” beating Kenshui Maru into second place. A presentation took place after the race.
Brandon Lerena, the winning jockey, was presented with the trophy by Matthew Duncan and Bob Whalley, the President of Kilcoy Race Club.
The annual Bruce Duncan Memorial Jockey Challenge was held that day, and Brendan Levena was the winning jockey.
The nine-race program was cut short to seven races due to the persistent drizzle during the day.
