Queensland breeders are united in their fight to strengthen the popular QTIS initiative.
An open Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association meeting this afternoon was very well attended, with all those present passionate about retaining QTIS.
“A massive 73% of all Queensland race horses are owned by breeders so our opinion should really count for something,” said TBQA President, Basil Nolan.
Mr Nolan scheduled the meeting following grave concerns within the industry, after Racing Queensland released a discussion paper proposing numerous changes to QTIS to boost midweek and provincial racing prizemoney.
“Racing Queensland has made some worthwhile suggestions that we believe would benefit the Queensland Racing industry,” said Mr Nolan.
“We support the discussion paper and are unanimous in our resolve to retain QTIS.”
Those present agreed to a restructuring of QTIS and would particularly like to see the QTIS 600 scheme extended from 2 year olds to include 3 year olds.
A sub committee consisting of Basil Nolan, Bob Frappell, Neville Stewart and Steve Morley was formed and they will now work together to formulate a paper based on today’s discussions to present to Queensland Racing in the next week.
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