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A second worker from trainer Ben Currie's Toowoomba stables has been suspended for three months for giving false evidence to stewards.Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards on Tuesday concluded an inquiry into evidence given by Silde Canda to stewards on May 10.Canda was found guilty of providing false evidence during an investigation contrary to the rules of racing.The inquiry heard that on May 10 integrity investigation team members interviewed Canda as part of the ongoing investigation into alleged race-day treatment of horses from Currie Racing in the lead-up to the Weetwood Handicap meeting on April 7.It was alleged during the interview Canda was required to produce his mobile phone but he said it was at home as it was not working due to accidentally being smashed the previous night.The inquiry heard further enquiries proved the statement to be untrue and the fully operational phone was recovered from Canda's vehicle.The phone was seized and was being examined.QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett said investigations were continuing to determine whether Canda was counselled by another person to be deceptive and uncooperative with stewards.Barnett said any licensed participant who made a false or misleading statement about any matter under investigation was committing an offence.Last week another Currie employee, Cameron Schwenke, was found guilty of a race-day treatment offence and disqualified for three months.Currie's father Mark has pleaded not guilty to alleged offences relating to the Weetwood day investigations and his case will be heard next week.
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Anyway, it hasn't done any harm to the stable.
Curries last month has been better than his long term average.
34 starters for 9 (25.2%) wins and 8 (50%) more running a place.
We haven't named our Better Than Ready yearling yet, he looks nice and will be an early runner. B-)
Ben Currie facing 31 charges, ban placed on his horses.
Media release
1 June 2018
Ben Currie ok to train until Internal Review
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) today granted Toowoomba Trainer Ben
Currie a stay of proceedings until the Internal Review decision in relation to the Stewards direction
is finalised.
QCAT denied Mr Currie an interim stay on Wednesday this week after the stay of proceedings
hearing was adjourned until today.
QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett said today’s outcome was the decision of the independent umpire
and Mr Currie was now free to resume training until five days after he received the Internal Review
decision.
“Mr Currie lodged an Internal Review application earlier this week and the Internal Reviewer has
twenty business days to consider it,” he said.
“The QRIC Stewards Inquiry where Mr Currie faces 31 breaches of the Australian Rules of Racing
was adjourned at his request on Monday, 28 May for him to prepare his defence and is expected to
resume later this month.”
26 July 2018
Currie Racing samples cleared of prohibited substances
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) has completed the scientific testing in the
investigation of Toowoomba training stable Currie Racing.
QRIC Commissioner Ross Barnett said it was important to be transparent about the test results that
have now been cleared of prohibited substances.
“All testing is now complete and none of the samples taken for testing contained any prohibited
substances,” he said.
“Officers of the Commission took a number of blood and urine samples from seven horses and
seized a number of items for testing from the Currie Racing stables on 7 April 2018 and in the
aftermath, several Currie Racing employees have been charged and penalised for race day
treatment breaches.
“I want to make it clear that treating a horse on race day with any medication, prohibited or not
without the permission of the Stewards is a breach of the Australian Rules of Racing.
The legal representatives of both Ben and Mark Currie have been informed of the latest findings
https://www.qric.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/QRIC-Media-Release_-Currie-Racing-samples-cleared-of-prohibited-substances.pdf
Very interesting times ahead. Before you execute him, he does get a fair hearing.
Has Little John in the 4th & Mr Markou in the 7th today at good E/W prices.
Mishani Electra should win the 8th@ Doomben.
Mr Markou, got it @ 10's... now a protest.
After my 2nd in the last leg of the Melbourne qauddie today, I don't like my chances.
Are you saying the stewards and the integrity stipes are bullying him?
Isn't that the way it works?
Currie's barrister Jim Murdoch said Currie's legal team had written to chief steward Peter Chadwick asking for a deferment.
"It will give us natural justice in that we can prepare for Currie's hearing. We are already set to appear in the Supreme court of Friday to have other matters of natural justice resolved," Murdoch said.
https://www.racenet.com.au/news/ben-currie-asks-to-defer-show-cause-hearing-20190216
Here I'll help you out,...
The Toowoomba-based trainer was hit with seven animal cruelty charges including use of jiggers.
Currie already faces 28 charges from a raid on his stables in April last year and four unrelated positive swab charges.
As I've said before they don't lay charges if they have nothing on you.
That's a fair list
And the only jurisdiction actually looking after the industry's interests remotely is NSW as they are refusing any nominations from him.
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I posted the link, didn't I? :-B
Suspended as a result of "show cause" hearing today,
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