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Once attracting up to 5000 people, the Mackay Beach Horse Racing Festival might never return to the region.
The unique event has been on hiatus since 2018 after Purple Betty Productions, which ran the 2017 races, said fence-jumpers âkilledâ her small family-owned business.
Mackay Regional Councillor Alison Jones said reviving the event could be âflogging a dead horseâ and questioned at the ordinary meeting on Wednesday whether the council should invest any further money.
âThey stopped (the races) because there wasnât any profit,â Cr Jones said.
The council recently teamed up with Mackay Tourism to engage Sound Australia to complete a feasibility study into the races.
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