Graham: Plenty of Qs to answer as north chases next star

14 May 2021 | Brittany Graham
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The strength of the Queensland breeding industry will be on shown this Saturday night with the running of the QBRED Triad finals for three and four-year-old’s.

Queensland has produced some of the sport’s brightest stars in the last two decades including the likes of BLACKS A FAKE, FLEUR DE LIL and COLT THIRTY ONE. Now the search is on for the next Maroon poster child.

With two $100,000 features for the three-year-old pacing divisions, the barrier draws conducted on Tuesday created plenty of intrigue.  

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