Queensland Racing Integrity Commission

Race Meeting Stewards’ Report

 

 

Ladbrokes Q2 Parklands

 

 

Date:  Saturday, 4 July 2026

Track: Good

Weather: Fine

 

Stewards: A. Spence (Chair), D. Broxham, M. Fernholz, T. Flymen & R. Pedersen.

 

General: Random vehicle and trailer searches were conducted prior to kennelling by the QRIC Compliance Assurance Team. Random sampling was also conducted in the car park prior to and during kennelling.

 

Box draw for Queensland Cup:

1. Mepunga Breeze

2. Mepunga Lara

3. Ayden’s Warrior

4. Miss Envy

5. Without A Trace

6. Magpie Hector

7. Zig Zag Man

8. Power Squeeze

9. Electrify

10. Moet Magic

 

Box Draw for the Brisbane Cup

1. Winsome Jet

2. Back Tomorrow

3. Cumbria Jack

4. Consigliere

5. Secret Bandit

6. Off The Chart

7. Cheeky Belgin

8. Zipping Lee

9. On The Prowl

10. Mustang Hayze

 

Race 1 – QUEENSLAND CUP (G1) HEAT 1 OPEN 710m

 

Without A Trace – observed to have poor post-race recovery. A post-race veterinary examination did not reveal any apparent abnormalities. Stewards advised trainer Caroline Hughes to report to Stewards in the coming days if anything should become apparent regarding the greyhounds’ condition which may have affected its performance in tonight’s event (GAR 122).

 

Race 2 – QUEENSLAND CUP (G1) HEAT 2 OPEN 710m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 3 – QUEENSLAND CUP (G1) HEAT 3 OPEN 710m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 4 – QUEENSLAND CUP (G1) HEAT 4 OPEN 710m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 5 – LADBROKES BRISBANE CUP (G1) HEAT 1 OPEN 520m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 6 – LADBROKES BRISBANE CUP (G1) HEAT 2 OPEN 520m

 

Spiralling – a post-race veterinary examination revealed an injury to the nearside calf with a 14 day stand down period imposed.

 

Race 7 – LADBROKES BRISBANE CUP (G1) HEAT 3 OPEN 520m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 8 – LADBROKES BRISBANE CUP (G1) HEAT 4 OPEN 520m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 9 – LADBROKES BRISBANE CUP (G1) HEAT 5 OPEN 520m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

Race 10 – LADBROKES BIG BETS COPY NOW GRADE 5 520m

 

Goldstar Annie – checked between runners when approaching the turn out of the front straight and lost ground. Faltered when rounding the turn out of the back straight and tailed the field for the remainder of the event. A post-race veterinary examination revealed an injury to the nearside wrist with a 14 day stand down period imposed.

 

Race 11 – THE LIDS FLY ON LADBROKES LIVE CHANNELS GRADE 5 520m

 

No apparent reportable incidents.

 

                                                                     STEWARDS SUMMARY

Samples (upon arrival)

R1 Daysea’s Chief, Vodka and Ice

R2 Lakeview Hunter, Firethorn

R3 King Of Snake

R4 Stowaway

R7 Star Turn

R8 Cheeky Belgin

R8 Rupee’s Revenge

R9 He’s A Pearl

R10 Hara’s Pumpkin, Eternity Bridge, Goldstar Annie,

Grace Ile

R11 Zipping Tesfay

Samples (pre-race)

R1 Electrify

R2 Mepunga Breeze

R3 Ayden’s Warrior

R4 Fade To Black

R5 Canya Romance

R6 Secret Bandit

R7 Storm Hustler

R8 Vista Weird

R9 Zipping Lee

R10 Typhoon Saskia

R11 Zipping Tesfay

Samples (post-race)

All Races - First and Second placings.

Scratchings

R4 Mepunga Phantom – Injury, 10 days.

R8 Iconic Jet – Injury, 10 days.

R11 Jayson Bull – Injury, 10 days.

Late scratchings

Nil

Re-weigh

Nil

Greyhounds returning from 90+ day spelling

Nil

Animal Actions

Nil

Person Actions

Nil

Stewards Trials

Nil

VETERINARY SUMMARY

Race

Greyhound

 

Injury

Stand down period (days)

6

Spiralling

Nearside calf

14 days

10

Goldstar Annie

Nearside wrist

14 days

The matters contained within this Stewards report may be subject to external review. The Racing Appeals Panel manages external reviews, and the Racing Appeals Panel publishes its decisions on its website.
 
This report and the Stewards comments for this meeting may be amended at any time, at the sole discretion of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards as races are reviewed.