Coffs Coast Advocate

Career change paves the road to reinvention

Gone are the days of jobs for life. Workers in the 21st century can expect to have a portfolio of careers.

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05th Aug. 2018 6:08 PM

NRL Titans player Will Zillman has reinvented himself as a horse trainer/whisperer in the beautiful Currumbin Valley.

Defiant Currie hit with 31 charges

STEWARDS have hit Queensland’s leading horse trainer Ben Currie with 31 charges across a wide spectrum of the rule book...

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29th May 2018 6:05 AM

Ben Currie (right) celebrates Amanaat's Weetwood win. Pic: Trackside Photography

Horse trainer Ben Currie cops four-year ban

TOOWOOMBA horse trainer Ben Currie has been banned for four years by the state’s racing integrity stewards.

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10th May 2019 9:05 AM

Trainer Ben Currie has been banned four years. Picture: AAP Image/Darren England)

Circus comes to town but Currie’s overseas

THE start of the phone hook-up at the Stay hearing between Ben Currie and QRIC provided an anecdote that perfectly...

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19th April 2019 6:04 PM

Ben Currie continues to train under a stay of proceedings.

Barrel racing mum reaches out to fight her fading vision

CQ Mum fights the clock to halt failing sight before it's too late

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11th Sept. 2018 12:09 AM

Rockhampton mother of two, Ashleigh Rayner, is reaching out for donations for treatment to combat her fading vision.

Currie’s alleged jigger texts emerge as he fights 28 charges

TEXT messages in which trainer Ben Currie allegedly references the use of a jigger on horses can be revealed in detail for...

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11th March 2019 6:03 AM

Ben Currie could be looking at a long stint on the sidelines.

From the horses mouth

ARCH your shoulders and direct Sunny's steps backward, then lower yourself and coax him back.

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27th Aug. 2011 12:08 AM

INTERACTION: Whether you ride roughshod over others or nuzzle them gently, Suzanne Spence will bring out the animal in you.

Strong return for polocrosse star after injury

GRACE Bredhauer, 20, has been playing polocrosse since she was six years old.

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29th April 2019 4:04 PM

QUEENSLANDER: Grace Bredhauer in the Barastoc polocrosse game in Warwick.

Good news for jockey injured in training fall

Leading local jockey Cassandra Schmidt's injury in a training fall at Murwillumbah is not as serious as first thought.

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02nd Feb. 2018 12:02 PM

Cassandra Schmidt, pictured after winning a race at Coffs Harbour, has been injured in a training accident at Murwillumbah.

Disgraced Gympie trainer cleared of using banned substance

The trainer has been fighting for two "tough” years to clear his name

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07th Oct. 2019 3:10 PM

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