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Thangool horse trainer Damien Rideout has been fined $2500 and disqualified for six months after being found guilty of charges including race day treatment of a horse.
Rideout has appealed the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission’s ruling and continues to train on a stay of proceedings, pending the outcome of a QRIC internal review.
QRIC stewards recently concluded an inquiry into an injury sustained to the race mare, Lady Sheilack, en route to Rockhampton Jockey Club on August 25, 2020.
Rideout was hit with three charges under the rules of racing including failing to report to stewards that Lady Sheilack had injured her head en route to the Rockhampton racecourse on August 25, which may have affected the horse’s performance in her race.
Buyers record splurge at 2021 Capricornia Yearling Sale Jockey Elyce Smith and trainer Thomas Smith celebrate after Natural Emperor s win in the $93K CYS 3 & 4YO Championship (1300m) on Saturday. Photo: Tony McMahon.
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Rockhampton’s three days of the Capricornia Yearling Sale’s Racing Carnival ended in spectacular fashion when the magic million dollars figure was shattered for the first time at Sunday’s yearling sales at the showgrounds.
In further testimony to the confidence in Rockhampton racing, buyers splurged $1.45 million, purchasing 73 yearlings for a new record average of $19,917.
Never before in the history of the sale, which predates 1988, has anywhere close to a million dollars in receipts been realised.
A huge day of racing will kick off the carnival in Rockhampton.
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Rockhampton’s Capricornia Yearling Sale Racing Carnival gets off to a dream start at Callaghan Park racecourse on Friday with a massively expanded nine race TAB program.
By sheer weight of horse-starting declarations when 122 were penned-in for the original eight race card, officials had no choice but to willingly expand the program to that of nine races.
This came into fruition when 22 horses from as far afield as Warwick, Taroom, Brisbane, Springsure, Bundaberg and Wondai accepted to race in the $18K 0-58 Ratings Band Handicap (1200m).
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