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Drugs in Racing queensland The Gallops The QRIC

The Persecution of Ben Currie is Writ Large by the John O’Shea Decision – All Men Are Equal Above and Below the Turf – Except the Toowoomba Tornado

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Ben Currie and John O’Shea were convicted of the identical offence of presenting a horse to race when it had traces of the prohibited substance Methamphetamine in its system. O’Shea’s horse also had amphetamine in its system. Currie’s did not. O’Shea had two previous convictions for dishonesty to Stewards on his record at the time […]

The QRIC The Trots

Want to See the Best Drive in the World? – Watch This – And This Kid Can’t Get a Metro License? – The QRIC Would Have to be Kidding, Wouldn’t They? (Updated)

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Angus Garrard is the greatest young talent to take the reins on a Queensland harness racing track in the 21st century, and unlike some of his predecessors, he’s as clean as a whistle too. The kid is only sixteen, and still at school for another year and a half, and for ill-stated reasons the racing […]

Archie Butterfly The Gallops The Punt The QRIC

I’m Not a Vet, Jockey, Steward, Pull-Up Merchant or Nobbler, But …… Have You Seen the First Race at Toowoomba Yesterday?

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Race one at Toowoomba yesterday, a 3-year-old Maiden Plate run over the unusual distance of 870 metres,  was one of the strangest races I have seen for quite a while, a really, really queer one. There were four horses in the betting. The topweight Calculated Risk, trained by Craig Smith at Roma, was steady in […]

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