Disgruntled trainers should be grateful Ke$ha is coming to Randwick rather than bemoaning her presence on the racetrack's hallowed turf, the Australian Jockey Club says.Ke$ha, the chart-topping United States pop artist, has indirectly raised the ire of Randwick-based thoroughbred trainers as the AJC will make the famous racecourse available for a music festival in March instead of a major autumn race meeting.Ke$ha is expected to be the star act of festival which industry sources say will generat

Disgruntled trainers should be grateful Ke$ha is coming to Randwick rather than bemoaning her presence on the racetrack's hallowed turf, the Australian Jockey Club says.

Ke$ha, the chart-topping United States pop artist, has indirectly raised the ire of Randwick-based thoroughbred trainers as the AJC will make the famous racecourse available for a music festival in March instead of a major autumn race meeting.

Ke$ha is expected to be the star act of festival which industry sources say will generate at least $600,000 in venue fees for the AJC.

While some of Sydney's leading trainers are angry the festival will force the important Randwick Guineas meeting to be switched to Warwick Farm, the AJC says the decision was made out of economic necessity.

"Traditional (racing) revenues remain stressed and we determined that we wouldn't be able to get prizemoney up to the competitive national levels without the contribution we get from this music event," AJC chief executive Darren Pearce said.

" ... by hosting this event and transferring the Guineas meeting to Warwick Farm, it is the lesser of two evils."

Randwick trainers Anthony Cummings and Grahame Begg have been vocal in their criticism over the switch.

"I can understand the concerns of Randwick trainers who would like to have a home ground advantage but the fact is we will still be running the same race meeting for the same prizemoney on the same day over the same distance," Pearce said.

The Randwick Guineas is a $500,000 Group One race run over 1600 metres.

It is the first leg of the Sydney autumn triple crown for three-year-olds and was won this year by Shoot Out.

Next year's race will be run on March 12.

It's not the first time Randwick trainers have been at loggerheads with AJC management over a major event disrupting racing at the track.

They were forced to temporarily relocate their stables to Warwick Farm to make way for World Youth Day celebrations in 2008.