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Queensland Racing Integrity Commission |
Race Meeting Stewards’ Report |
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Townsville Greyhound Racing Club |
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Date: Friday, 31 January 2025 |
Track Condition: Good |
Weather: Heavy rain |
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Officials |
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Chairman of Stewards: K. Dean |
Stewards: J. McIntosh, C. Bew |
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General: With heavy rainfall occurring throughout the day, infrastructure being impacted and the welfare of participants and racing animals in mind, Stewards elected to abandon the race meeting after race one.
In relation to an incident on Friday 24/01/2025, Stewards fined Mr. S. Essery the sum of $250 under GAR156(f)(ii). Acting under the provisions of GAR 174(3) Stewards elected to wholly suspend the fine for a period of 12 months conditional upon no further breaches of this rule. |
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Race 1 - ROSS WILKIE FISHING MAIDEN (1) 380m |
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4 Field Pistol – Severely checked rounding the first turn and fell. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no apparent abnormalities.
8 Ant Music – Severely checked rounding the first turn and fell. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no apparent abnormalities.
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Race 2 - I.M.S ELECTRICAL MAIDEN (2) 380m |
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Race 3 - RAMBUTAN RACING NOVICE (1) 380m |
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Race 4 - WEE WIN KENNELS NOVICE (2) 380m |
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Race 5 - CHEAPA AUTO SPARES NOVICE (3) 380m |
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Race 6 - BURDEKIN VET SERVICES PATHWAYS HEAT 1 5PW 380m |
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6 Frank The Tank – Late scratching at 8:06am pursuant to GAR 76(2) due to travel difficulties.
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Race 7 - CHRIS SCIFLEET MIXED 4/5 380m |
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Race 8 - PATRICIA GROVES 5TH GRADE FINAL GRADE 5 380m |
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Race 9 - FUEL PT TRAINING SOLUTIONS PATHWAYS HEAT 2 5PW 380m |
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Race 10 - STARLINE EXPRESS AT STUD PATHWAYS HEAT 3 5PW 380m |
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Race 11 – COREY HEATH PATHWAYS HEAT 4 5PW 380m |
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Race 12 - ALL RIG LIFTING & ENGINEERING MA5 380m |
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Samples (Post-race) |
All winners |
Late Scratchings |
R6 Frank The Tank – Travel difficulties |
Greyhounds returning from spell (>90 days) |
R9 Oscar Tommy – 94 Days due to right shoulder injury R10 Maxwell Rhodes – 91 Days |
Person Actions |
Stephen Essery – GAR156(f)(ii) - $250 fine wholly suspended for 12 months – Misconduct |
Stewards Trials |
Tangelo Tornado – Passed FTP trial in a time of 22.02 at a weight of 25.4kg |
VETERINARY SUMMARY |
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Race |
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Injury |
Stand down period (days) |
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Nil |
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The matters contained within this Stewards report may be
subject to external review. The Racing Appeals Panel manages external
reviews and the Racing Appeals Panel publishes its decisions on its website.
This report and the Stewards Comments for this
meeting may be amended at any time, at the sole discretion of the Queensland
Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards as races are reviewed.