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Racing Qld Changes Award Eligibility Rules

Racing Queensland has amended its awards criteria which gives it the right to exclude anyone deemed to be unsuitable from winning a season award such as premierships. The new rules, which are effective immediately, follow similar rules being introduced in Victoria after the disqualification of leading trainer Darren Weir. The problem was highlighted in Queensland[...]
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Meeting To Shed Light On New Racing Rule

Queensland trainers will ask for more clarity regarding the new rule governing arrival times for runners in feature races. New Racing Queensland board member Graham Quirk will be joined by representatives from RQ, the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission and Brisbane Racing Club at the meeting on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging issues. One of the main[...]
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Deagon To Get Major Training Centre

The headquarters of Racing Queensland in the seaside Brisbane suburb of Deagon is to undergo a major redevelopment as an education and training centre. Deagon is one of the oldest racetracks in Queensland but has been mainly a training centre since it stopped regular race meetings in the early 1940s. It was to hold its[...]
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Quirk New Rq Board Member

Former Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has been appointed to the Racing Queensland board, but not before some debate within state cabinet. The board position has been vacant for several months after Mark Sowerby resigned. Quirk stepped down as Lord Mayor in April and had been widely tipped to fill the RQ vacancy. However, his[...]
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Rq Restructures Apprentice Claims

Racing Queensland has restructured its apprentice claim categories in a move designed to help young riders prolong their careers. RQ has re-categorised the claim system for a number of ‘provincial' race meetings to ‘country' race meetings. The Gatton meeting on Thursday was the first to be conducted under the new local rule. Under the previous[...]
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RQ To Follow Disqualified Persons Rule

Racing Queensland is likely to follow Racing Victoria and introduce rules which prevent disqualified persons from winning premierships. RQ has been in talks with RV about the rule and it will be discussed at the next board meeting. RQ faces the possibility of having the state's leading trainer for the season being a disqualified person[...]
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Luke Tarrant Outed On Betting Charges

Caloundra-based jockey Luke Tarrant has been suspended for a month on betting charges despite claiming a bogus account had been set up in his name without his knowledge. Stewards opened an inquiry into a report received from corporate bookmaker Ladbrokes, regarding alleged betting activities by Tarrant. After taking initial evidence earlier this month the inquiry[...]
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Ben Currie Charged With Fraud

Queensland's most successful trainer of winners this season, Ben Currie, has been charged with fraud involving allegations he used performance enhancing drugs to win prize money. It is believed to be the first time since the late Hayden Haitana in 1985 was charged with fraud out of the Fine Cotton substitution case a Queensland trainer[...]
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Nq Ready For Record Carnival

Racing Queensland is hoping to attract record numbers of visiting trainers from southern Queensland and NSW after a major boost to prize money for its northern carnival this year. The carnival was launched in Townsville on Tuesday and RQ is hoping it will be the start of a record year on several fronts. The winter[...]
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Prize Problems After Qld Disqualifications

Queensland trainers are hoping to resolve problems with delays in prize money payments after a recent increase in horses being disqualified. Prize money cannot be released to the connections of promoted runners until all avenues of appeal are heard. Trainers are concerned horses that have been awarded improved placings after another's disqualification are being promoted[...]
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Another Three Years For Ben Currie

Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie's time on the sidelines continues to grow after another three-year disqualification, taking his total punishment to 7-1/2 years. The combined sentence is the largest imposed on any trainer who has not been warned off for life in Queensland history. Racing Queensland stewards last week found Currie guilty on five charges involving[...]
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