Sunshine Coast horse trainers face a nervous day with mass evacuations of horses due to a large bushfire.
The latest advice from the Queensland Fire Service is the western side of Racecourse Road, the southern side of Caloundra Road and Corbould Racecourse is expected to be impacted this afternoon.
Leading Sunshine Coast trainer Stuart Kendrick, who was on his way to Brisbane to prepare runners at Doomben, has turned around and headed back to the Sunshine Coast.
Plenty of horses had already been evacuated overnight, including from the stables of trainer Stewart McKinnon who has stables near the track.
Some horses were also evacuated from on-course stables at the Sunshine Coast, including some which were sent to Yandina and the Nambour Showgrounds.
The fire had been expected to ease today however winds have begun to pick up in the area which is causing the fire to move quicker.
"It is all starting to get a bit scary, I was on my way to Brisbane but I've turned around the go back to the Sunshine Coast," Kendrick said.
Local trainer David Vandyke confirmed his Group I winner Yankee Rose was now in Melbourne, preparing for a Spring carnival assault, and all his horses were safe and well.
There have so far been no horses injured and Sunshine Coast chief executive Mick Sullivan said the situation was being monitored closely.
There is an eight-race program scheduled for the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and it is too early to say whether it will go ahead.
