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The club was acknowledged at the Victorian Country Racing Awards night in Melbourne on the weekend.
BJC president Brendan Drechsler said the award was recognition of the hard work done by the club’s staff and volunteers.
“We work pretty hard here in Bendigo to do things right,” Mr Drechsler said.
“We employ a company who does polls and exit surveys on race day experiences.
“We do get some negative feedback, but we get plenty of positive feedback along the way.
“There’s 63 racing clubs in country Victoria and we won the award, which I think says a lot.”
The club runs 23 race meetings a year, including its popular cup meeting in October, the Saturday stand-alone Golden Mile race day in March and Mosstrooper Steeplechase in June.
Mr Drechsler said interest in the cup meeting – to be run on October 28, six days before the Melbourne Cup – was building nicely.
Prizemoney for this year’s Group Three Jayco Bendigo Cup has been boosted to $300,000 – an increase of $50,000.
Mr Drechsler said the boost in prize money and timing of the race made it possible international raiders seeking “last chance” entry into the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington.
In other awards, Ballarat Turf Club was named club of the year ahead of four other finalists, including the Kyneton and Hanging Rock Racing Club.
Darren Weir won the leading trainer award for the 11th consecutive time and 12th in total.
Weir, who has stables at Ballarat and Warrnambool, finished the year with 197 country winners, highlighted by six cup wins.
Three of those were won by Tall Ships, which was named horse of the year.
The now five year-old gelding won four consecutive races from March to May, including the Warrnambool, Terang and Stawell Cups.
Dean Yendall was jockey of the year and the Ben Thompson the leading apprentice.