ACT government distances itself from plan to demolish Thoroughbred Park, Canberra's only horse-racing venue

 The ACT government has prepared for a future without horse racing, drawing up plans to build housing on Canberra's only racecourse.

However, Chief Minister Andrew Barr says he has no intention to end the sport in the ACT — he says the plan is simply an option.

The government released a draft development strategy for the city's inner north on one of racing's biggest days, Melbourne Cup Day.

It included two options for Thoroughbred Park's future: one is turning some of the site into homes and shops, the other is developing all of it and scrapping the race track in the process.

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