Greyhounds Queensland

3 Months And $500 Fine For Cortico-Steroid Positive Swab

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have just released details of a positive swab in a Rockhampton greyhound to the drug Betamethasone. Betamethasone is a mildly potent cortico-steroid...

Townsville & Rockhampton Greyhounds Get Sky/TAB Coverage

Townsville and Rockhampton clubs have gained approval to conduct TAB/SKY race meetings during May. The clubs will conduct three meetings in May to replace meetings...

Box Draw Makes Intelligence A Smart Choice At Albion Park Tonight

Group 1 placegetter Intelligence had all the luck last Thursday night after winning his Young Guns heat in style and then drawing box two in...

Queensland’s Fourth Anabolic Steroid Positve Comes To Light

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have released details of Queensland’s fourth Anabolic Steroid positive swab in a greyhound. The swab comes from the Clayton Hook trained greyhound,...

Greyhounds Queensland Call For Submissions On Grading Policy Changes

A review of the Queensland Grading Policy was undertaken at a meeting held on Friday 9th January 2009. The meeting consisted of representatives of the...

Queensland’s Young Guns Line Up For A Shot At $10,000

A selection of Queensland’s best young greyhounds will line up this Thursday night for their shot at the $10,000 Greyhounds Queensland Young Guns series. The...

Nervous Wait For Hawkins And His Queen

It's taken more than 20 years for Gold Coast racing identity and new Turf Club board member Steve Hawkins to win a Group One race,...

Queensland Greyhound Racing Moves Another Step Closer To Logan

Logan is a step closer to becoming a major greyhound racing hub, with the sport’s peak control body commissioning a survey of Slacks Creek’s Cronulla...

Christine Pollard Found Guilty Of Clenbuterol Positive Swab

Greyhounds Queensland have just announced their findings from an inquiry in to Mackay trained greyhound that returned a positive swab to Clenbuterol. Whilst Clenbuterol is...

Totalled Not “Totally Clean” Says Greyhounds Queensland

On the back of several other cases of positive swabs to Theobromine, Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have found greyhound trainer Joshua Allen guilty of racing his...

Queensland Greyhound Of The Year Final Four Named

The race for the Queensland Greyhound of the Year has heated up with the announcement of four finalists for the prestigious prize. The selection panel,...

Beverley Chappell Escpaes With A Fine For Positive Swab

Despite the fact is was almost one week ago, Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have only just released details regarding an inquiry in to a positive swab...

Greyhounds Queensland Slashes Non Tab Nom Feess

Effective 1st January 2009, Greyhounds Queensland has announced that nomination fees at Non-Tab Country Clubs will be reduced by half. A number of years ago...

Greyhound Trainer Fined $500 For Using Wrong Carpark

In the same week as Kayleen Thrupp and Michael Thrupp are continuing to race greyhounds despite appearing to contravene local racing rules, another Queensland greyhound...

GRV Take Hardest Stance Yet On Victoria’s First Anabolic Steroid Positive

As reported here recently, Victoria has officially now recorded its first positive swab to an Anabolic Steroid, and if greyhound industry watchers thought GRV Stewards...

Robert Blakely A “No Show” At Caffeine Positive Inquiry

New South Wales GHRRA Stewards have just advised of a concluded an Inquiry into the positive finding of Caffeine and its metabolites in the urine...

Thrupp’s Positive Swab Raises More Questions Than Answers

Greyhounds Queensland Stewards have just released details of an inquiry in to the Kayleen Thrupp trained greyhound Track Hammer, who returned a positive swab to...

Tuesday 16th December 2008

Queensland First To Introduce NZ Style “Finish On” Lure

Albion Park will be the first Australian greyhound track to race with the New Zealand style “finish on” lure after Greyhounds Queensland has today announced...

Queensland Freight Rebate Extended

he Greyhounds Queensland Board at their November meeting approved to extend the freight rebate for greyhounds transferred to the North Queensland centres to now include...

Watson Officially Apponted To Greyhounds Queensland Chair

The Directors of Greyhounds Queensland (GQL) at a meeting yesterday unanimously voted to appoint Ms. Kerry Watson to the position of Chair.

Albion Park’s Washout Makes Superb Racing This Week

Last Thursday night’s washout of Albion Park’s meeting has led to a double header this week with two feature races on the card. The Greyhounds...

Thursday 27th November 2008

Queensland Greyhound Trainer Guilty Of Two Positive Swabs

In the wake of Greyhounds Queensland's Theobromine warning earlier this month, a Queensland greyhound trainer has been found guilty of two positive swabs to the...

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...