Select Field Nominated For Hawkins Super Stayers

The Brisbane Club today announced the nine greyhounds under final consideration for the 2008 Hawkins Media Solutions Superstayers 710m.

The greyhounds are:
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Up & Comers On Show In Queensland Young Guns Final

Queensland’s best young greyhounds will fight it out tonight at Albion Park in the Greyhounds Queensland Young Guns final.

While all have proven ability to run quick times over the 520m at Albion Park, last Thursday’s fastest qualifying time was run by the lightning fast Genista Thunder in 29.97.
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Matching Outcome Looks For Matched Double

Last week’s Molly Campbell Memorial final winner Matching Outcome will be looking for a double when he takes on Queensland’s best young greyhounds this Thursday night.

Matching Outcome is expected to start favourite in heat five (race seven) of the Greyhounds Queensland Young Guns heats at Albion Park tomorrow night.
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Felgate Gives Away Training To Become A Qld Director

The Directors of Greyhounds Queensland Limited (GQL) today appointed Mr. Paul Felgate to the Board of GQL. A vacancy existed due to the resignation of Mr. Phil Bennett in July.
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Felgate’s Matching Molly Campbell Silver Dollar Outcome

Paul Felgate’s Matching Outcome will be looking for a repeat performance this Thursday night after finishing the fastest qualifier for the Molly Campbell Memorial Silver Dollars final.

Matching Outcome clocked 30.11 to win by two and a half lengths from Same Consequence last week, and will start from box four in tonight’s final.
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John Judd Guilty Of Positive Swab To Theobromine

Coming to light just days after Greyhounds Queensland issued a warning regarding possible sources of positive swabs to Theobromine, Queensland greyhound trainer John Judd has been found guilty of a positive swab to the same substance.
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Theobromine Warning To Greyhound Trainers

Greyhounds Queensland has today issued a warning to greyhound trainers that they have identified the possible source of a recent spate of positive swabs to Theobromine to be a milk replacement product.

Anyone using the product would be advised to stop immediately, and if necessary either avail themselves of voluntary testing or contact their local greyhound authority
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More Nominations Mayhem in Queensland

Not more than one week after we reported the farcical situation involving greyhound trainer Renald Attard and his greyhound Come Up Uno being nominated and drawn in fields three times while supsended, yet another case of a supsended greyhound being drawn to compete has occurred.
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Molly Campbell Silver Dollars Heats Fire Up

The contest for this year’s Molly Campbell Memorial Silver Dollars is firing with the heats to take place this Thursday night at Albion Park.

The six heats feature some of Brisbane’s top performing young greyhounds all vying for a shot at the $5000 winner’s cheque.
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Trainer Fined Over Bungled Nomination Farce

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards today fined greyhound trainer, Renald Attard for nominating his greyhound Come Up Uno whilst supended. However no action was taken against the graders who drew the greyhound to compete despite the supsension, not once, not twice but on three seperate occassions.
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Smith Given Six Months For Positive Swab

Greyhounds Queensland stewards have found Queensland greyhound trainer Steven Smith guilty of racing greyhound, Elite Sovereign with metabolites of Caffeine in its system.
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Felgate Looking For Repeat Performance

Reigning Brisbane Trainer of the Year, Paul Felgate, is making a late charge for a second title with 11 starters in eight races at Albion Park this Thursday night.
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Gazza Shiraz Looking For Four Straight Wins

Casino Cup winner Gazza Shiraz will have punters raising a glass if he can make it four consecutive wins at Albion Park tomorrow night. After winning the group three heat and then Cup final on the grass at Casino, Gazza Shiraz has been in fine form with a win at Brisbane last Monday over 520m.
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Promises Nothing Promises Everyething

The final of the Rockhampton Young Guns looks to be a foregone conclusion if the form of dogs on Saturday at Callaghan Park is anything to go on. Promises Nothing, a visitor trained by Roger Green, does not live up to his name as he promises to beat everything after convincingly winning his heat in the Young Guns middle distance race.
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QGRA Stewards Find Another Two Guilty Of Anabolic Steroids

Greyhounds Queensland stewards have today released details regarding another two postitive swabs to anabolic steroids, one involving a high profile trainer and breeder. Remarkably both swabs have tested positive to the same drug, Hydroxyzstanazolo.
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Queensland Greyhound Trainer Gets Off Positive Swab Charge

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards yesterday released details regarding an inquiry in to a positive swab taken from Rockhampton winner, Deceptive Speed in July 2008. Despite the “A” sample testing positive to Hydroxystanazolol, the “B” sample “leaked” during transport and could not be used to verify the “A” sample positive. The trainer, Albert Harker could not be charged as there was no sample available to confirm the first positive.
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Berella Diva One Run From Topping GOTY Ladder

One of Ron Ball’s top bitches Berella Diva is set to rise to the top of the Brisbane Greyhound of the Year leader board if she can secure a placing tonight.
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Queensland To Introduce Its Own Race Fields Legislation

In response to the New South Wales Government’s recent decision to allow fees to be charged against wagering operators who take bets on NSW races, the Queensland Government has announced that it will introduce similar ‘race fields’ legislation to protect the future of racing in Queensland, Treasurer and Racing Minister Andrew Fraser said.
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Technoman On Hume Cup Campaign

Last year’s Hume Cup winner Technoman will start his campaign for a second title this Thursday night at the Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club.
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Darts Thursday Night Looks Peachy

Promising sprinter Peach Bikini will make the step up at Albion Park this Thursday night after a blistering performance in Lismore last Tuesday.
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Battle Of Sexes For Lightning Final

Top trainers Marilyn Johnson and Ray Burman will play out a battle of the sexes this Thursday night when Anarchy takes on Super Hornet in the Hutchison’s Lightning Final.
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Queensland Greyhounds Suffer A Third Positive Swab

In a remarkable coincidence another greyhound trainer with the surname of Morris has been found guilty of presenting a greyhound to race with a drug in its system.
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Morris Guilty Of Caffeine Postive Swab On Two Counts

Queensland greyhound trainer Jackson Morris has been found guilty by Greyhounds Queensland stewards of presenting not one, but two different greyhounds to race with caffeine in their systems.
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Queensland Platinum Paws Contender To Be Decided

Albion Park is sure to set the tone for cross Tasman rivalries in Brisbane this week with the Queensland Platinum Paws Qualifier on Thursday night.
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Queensland Claims First Steroid Positive

Greyhounds Queensland stewards have left participants in no doubts as to how serious they intend to treat positive swabs involving anabolic steroids.
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Greyhounds Queensland Chief Investigative Steward Resigns

Mr. Cameron McLune who holds the position of Chief Steward – Investigations with greyhounds Queensland has advised of his intention to resign from the position effective 27 September 2008.
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Greyhounds Queensland Appoint Three New Stewards

Greyhounds Queensland has just announced the appointments of three more stewards to their steward panel.
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Brisbane Greyhounds Signal Higher Marketing Proile

The Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club today announced three new staff appointments as it further expands its operations in the Brisbane metropolitan area.
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Ipswich Greyhounds To Follow The Way Of Gold Coast

Gold Coast Greyhounds hosted their final race meeting at Parklands at the end of July before being closed by the State Government to build a $1.5 billion hospital. It now appears that one of the only two TAB tracks left in Queensland could be headed for a similar fate.
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Smart Choice Makes A Smart Distance Debut

Bob Giltinan took the wraps off Smart Choice last night in Heat 2 of the Rapidvite National Distance Championship Queensland Heats. On debut over the distance, the black dog ran a best of the night 42.34 and won well.
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