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Australian Turf Club’s popular Kia Friday Night Racing Season launches at Canterbury Park this week – the first of 10 meetings across spring and summer offering free entry, free family entertainment and an array of food stalls.
ATC and leading Australian cleaning, hygiene and waste management firm Quayclean will again join with charities as 12 of Sydney’s best jockeys compete across all 10 meetings in the Quayclean Night Rider Series to ultimately donate $36,500.
Jockeys will be allocated a community group or charitable cause and compete in all races on 3 points win, 2 points second and 1 point third each night until the final meeting on 28 February 2025.
On Schweppes Opening Night this Friday a draw will link each charity and jockey. The full list of charities is below.
The 12 jockeys are James McDonald, Nash Rawiller, Tyler Schiller, Jason Collett, Zac Lloyd, Rachel King, Tommy Berry, Kerrin McEvoy, Josh Parr, Tim Clark, Chad Schofield and Molly Bourke.
Jockeys with the highest totals earn their allocated causes: $10,000 (leading rider), $5,000 (second high total) $3,500 (third highest) and $2,000 for each charity of the remaining riders.
The Australian Turf Club and leading Australian cleaning and waste management firm Quayclean fund this $36,500 total in Quayclean Night Rider Series.
Australian Turf Club Head of Racing and Wagering, Nevesh Ramdhani said Kia Friday Night racing combined action on the track with Sydney’s best jockeys and trainers amid a vibrant spectator atmosphere.
“The stars of our sport will again engage with the local community and with Quayclean again raise funds for a variety of great causes across the Kia Friday Night Racing Season," Mr Ramdhani said.
“Jockeys will hold meet and greet moments with the fans each week where everyone gets up close to the action. Free entry, entertainment and the ever-popular selection of food stalls in a market atmosphere make the Kia Friday Night Racing season a Sydney racing experience like no other."
Friday’s eight-race card starts at 6pm with general admission gates opening at 5pm and a final race at 9.30pm. Full fields for the meeting are available HERE
Kia Events and Partnerships Manager Melissa Gray said: “Kia is proud to be involved with a locally renowned free community event that anyone is welcome to attend and enjoy throughout the Sydney summer.
“The series in undoubtedly growing in popularity year on year, with so much family fun activity on offer and we’re excited for what’s to come."
Quayclean CEO Mark Piwkowski said: “We’re truly honoured to once again join forces with the ATC Foundation in supporting this wonderful community fundraising initiative for the fourth year running.
“We have deep respect for the community groups and charities who work tirelessly to uplift those in need and drive meaningful change in our society.
“As a business, we’re dedicated to doing our part to positively impact the environment around us. Our team is grateful for the chance to support these deserving groups, and together with the ATC and jockeys, we’re hopeful this project will make a difference.”
The Kia Friday Night meetings will have a feature $80,000 Evening Star race. For all racing, general and ticketing information for upcoming meetings across Kia Night Racing at Canterbury Park go to australianturfclub.com.au
| Organisation | Description |
| Meals On Wheels | Canterbury Meals on Wheels Inc. provides home delivered meals in the City of Canterbury Local Government Area to frail and elderly, or those with a disability, or are a carer. |
| Learning Links | Preventing learning difficulties from causing disadvantage. We work in close collaboration with schools, early childhood settings, professionals, and parents to help children with learning disabilities and difficulties. |
| Dancing Heart Studios | This charity provides relief from suffering for disabled persons of all ages via structured and educational weekly dance classes |
| St Michaels Meals | Meals are prepared in Bankstown and taken to Central Station to feed the homeless |
| Heartbeat of Football | Our mission is to have zero heart-related deaths on the sporting ground by promoting healthy hearts in sport via awareness, education, prevention and action. |
| Recreation, Sports and Aquatics Club | RSAC provides leisure activities, sport and recreation for people with disability and support for carers. |
| Supertee | The Supertee is a medical garment provided to children facing long-term illness in hospital. It is an updated version of the traditional hospital gown, allowing ease when changing garments while accessing and bypassing medical lines. |
| Lloyd McDermott Foundation | Increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in Rugby and use Rugby as a tool to provide opportunities and education to enrich the lives of young Indigenous males and females. |
| Turbans 4 Australia Inc | Since 2015, Turbans 4 Australia has specialised in providing emergency goods to people in need regardless of their race, religion or ethnicity. |
| Morris Children’s Fund | Morris Children’s Fund provides specialist Music Therapy Program for children who have significant learning needs because of severe physical and multiple disabilities, an illness or special needs, the ability to learn and communicate through music and musical instruments. |
| Humanity Matters | Creating dynamic connected communities that embrace and celebrate ALL their members, opening doors for social inclusion to those young people who have become disengaged and isolated in Bankstown, weekly on Friday nights |
| WNOW (When no one is watching) | WNOW creates environments where men are proud to be men; comfortable to take their ‘armour’ off and be their authentic selves, feeling supported and safe in a community of like-minded men through sunrise classes and events. |
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