Racing Victoria boss Andrew Jones has called on the state’s race clubs to ditch dress codes in a bid to attract more people to the sport.

While dress codes don’t apply in the general admission section of most racecourses, Jones said what a person is wearing shouldn’t be a barrier to them getting into the members or other exclusive parts of the track.

“It’s a matter for clubs, but if I were running a club, that is what I’d do,” Jones told Ross and Russel.

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