Next year's April 15 meeting is one of two lucrative new dates secured by the club for the 2021-22 season, alongside Saturday, September 25. Both dates will replace Wednesday meetings, which will mean higher on-track patronage and significantly increased betting turnover.

It's a major coup for the club which will host 25 meetings next financial year as it continues to rebuild from the financial ramifications caused by COVID-19.

Canberra Racing Club chief Andrew Clark said the Good Friday meeting was worth an estimated $100,000 more than that of a regular Wednesday.

"From both a hospitality and a wagering perspective I would suggest it would be an extremely positive move in a financial sense for the club," Clark said.

"It's absolutely critical given our continued search for additional revenue.

"We're always looking to advance as a club and be proactive in our offerings. In recent years Perth and Tasmania have raced on that day, and it's proven to be successful.

"We wanted to offer that race day to the community here in Canberra. There is definitely a gap there, and there's also a gap for entertainment options for the community on that day."

Canberra will become the only location on Australia's mainland Eastern Seaboard to offer Thoroughbred Racing on Good Friday.

Only Launceston, Ascot and Kalgoorlie raced on Good Friday two weeks ago, leaving a major hole in the offering of thoroughbred racing early in the Easter long weekend.

Kalgoorlie's first race wasn't until 2.32pm in the afternoon, given the three-hour time difference to Western Australia.

It offers the Canberra Racing Club a chance to significantly boost wagering revenue on its product, while offering a variety of hospitality on track.

"I would suggest it would be a popular day, we haven't formalised an entertainment structure as yet but take it there will be entertainment for the community on track," Clark said.

"When we look into Good Friday in general, a number of traditional entertainment activities are closed. We want to provide Canberra the opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate the day as the start of the Easter break.

"The club's traveling well, we've got a number of positive initiatives in process at the moment with the redevelopment and the Canberra Carnival was successful for us."

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The club is also looking at reintroducing Students' Day in the spring, which had grown into one of Canberra's largest race days prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A crowd cap of 1000 remains in place at Thoroughbred Park due to ACT Health COVID guidelines, but Clark was hopeful that number would increase in time for this year's Spring Carnival.

He said the addition of a Good Friday, and another Saturday meeting was an excellent result for the Canberra racing fraternity.

"We canvassed our members, we canvassed trainers and this gives our members in the community to attend more race meetings here in Canberra," Clark said.