QRIC finalises several charges laid against former Toowoomba trainer
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards have finalised a number of outstanding charges issued against former Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie.
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RACING: Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards have finalised a number of outstanding charges issued against former Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie.
Stewards have concluded three inquiries relating to several outstanding charges issued against Currie (pictured) as a result of an extensive investigation into his conduct while he was a licensed thoroughbred trainer.
As a result, Currie has been fined a total of $14,000 and will be disqualified until May 31, 2021.
Stewards issued a series of charges to Currie subsequent to the start of a stewards’ inquiry on May 28, 2018.
Charges 1 to 14 were finalised by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal or alternatively withdrawn by QRIC.
Currie pleaded guilty to charges 18 to 22 (as one charge); 23, 24, 25 and 27 as one charge, charge 28, 29 and 30 and Stewards withdrew charges 15, 16, 17, 26 and 31.
For these charges, the penalties imposed upon Currie amounted to $9000 in fines together with a three-month disqualification to be served concurrently with a three month disqualification with the disqualification period to start at midnight January 1, 2021.
Stewards inquired into the analysts’ findings that the prohibited substance Dexamethasone was detected in a post-race urine sample collected from the thoroughbred gelding Lil Rodge at the Ipswich Turf Club on December 5, 2018.
Currie entered a plea of guilty to the charge. The penalty for the offence was $3000.
Stewards also issued seven charges to Currie after the start of an inquiry on February 15, 2019.
Currie pleaded guilty to charges 1, 5, 6 and 7, with the Stewards withdrawing charge 2 and holding charge 3 and charge 4 in abeyance pending the outcome of QRIC’s appeal against the decision in Currie v Queensland Racing Integrity Commission [2020] QCAT 310.
A penalty of $2000 fine was imposed for charges 1 and 7 together with a three-month disqualification for charge 6 to be served concurrently with a five-month disqualification for charge 5, with the disqualification period to start at midnight January 1, 2021.
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