The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) is an independent statutory body which oversees the welfare standards of racing animals and the integrity of racing industry participants in Queensland.
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Annual Report 2024-2025
Latest News
- 12Sep 2025QRIC Announces Key Stewarding and Veterinary AppointmentsÂ
- 3Sep 2025No Place For Poor Behaviour Among Racing Participants
- 1Aug 2025Licensed jockey charged with engaging in conduct prejudicial to the image of racing
- 1Aug 2025Harness Racing Restricted Zones Off-Limits to Underage Person
- 11Jun 2025Payout error update
Latest reports and decisions
- 17Oct 2025
Mr Robert Patching was at all relevant times a licenced trainer and failed to provide the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission with a notification of euthanasia for the greyhound Alberton Park within the required 10-day period.
Download full report (pdf, 159 KB) | View report for Robert Patching
- 16Oct 2025
Ms Shania Willis did on 12 August 2025, a morning which she had been riding in official trials at Gatton Turf Club, provide a urine sample which upon subsequent analysis was confirmed to contain a substance banned under AR136(1).
Download full report (pdf, 254 KB) | View report for Shania Willis
- 9Oct 2025
During a Stewards’ Inquiry at Doomben Racecourse on 8 September 2025, Mr Tarrant refused to give evidence, when directed to do so by the Stewards, in relation to the Health Assessment Results Forms he submitted to the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission licensing department between 2020 and 2025 in breach of AR 232(h).
Download full report (pdf, 258 KB) | View report for Luke Tarrant