Doomben racecourse is a major Brisbane racecourse located at Ascot adjacent to Brisbane Airport.

Doomben is one of two racecourses under the Brisbane Racing Club, the other being neighbouring Eagle Farm. The two courses are separated by Nudgee Road.

Doomben racecourse hosted its first race meeting in 1933. Racing at Doomben was conducted by the Brisbane Amateur Turf Club until 2009 when that club merged with the Queensland Turf Club to form the Brisbane Racing Club.

Doomben racecourse was turned over to the armed forces during WWII and re-opened for racing 1946. 

Famous races conducted at Doomben include the Doomben Cup and Doomben 10,000 during the Brisbane racing carnival each May.

It has also held feature Group 1s like the Kingsford-Smith (BTC) Cup, Queensland Oaks, Queensland Derby, JJ Atkins and Stradbroke Handicap while Eagle Farm was out of action.

The Doomben Cup and Doomben 10,000 were previously run later in the season in July after Eagle Farm’s major races but that changed in the early 1990s.

Brisbane’s climate helps maintain a great surface given the workload Doomben has undertaken and the track generally improves after rain.

Doomben racecourse is a tight rectangular course that is smaller in circumference than Eagle Farm at 1715m. The home straight is 350m. The pattern of racing favours horses racing close to the lead.

Sprint racing is conducted from 1010m to 1350m up the back straight. The mile start is from a small chute on the side of the course and staying races from a 2200m start at the top of the home running.

One of the great moments at Doomben came in 2011 when hometown hero Peter Moody took his champion mare Black Caviar home for the Group 1 BTC Cup as it was known at the time.

She raced her great rival Hay List and Buffering and to the roar of a packed course, she wore them down to run away and maintain her unbeaten record.