Archive Decision

This decision has been migrated from the JCA website. Information is accurate but formatting may differ from contemporary decisions. Please contact us for any further enquiries.

Waikouaiti TC 24 February 2019 – R 7 – Chair, Mr P Knowles

ID: JCA11075

Applicant:
Mr V Munro - Stipendiary Steward

Respondent(s):
Ms J Young - Licensed Open Driver

Information Number:
A12479

Hearing Type:
Hearing

New Charge:
Careless driving

Rules:
869 (3) (b)

Plea:
admitted

Meet Title:
Waikouaiti HRC - 24 February 2019

Meet Chair:
PKnowles

Meet Committee Member 1:
MConway

Race Date:
2019/02/24

Race Number:
R4

Decision:

Ms Young admitted the charge and it is found proved.

Penalty:

Ms Young’s horseman’s licence is suspended from the end of racing on March 3rd up to and including March 15th 2019 (3 days).

Facts:

Following the running of Race 7 the Skevington Contracting/Airpark Canterbury Trot Stewards charged Ms J Young with a breach of r 869 (3) (b), careless driving. The Information alleged that Ms Young “… drove carelessly by allowing her runner (AVEROSS DON) to strike the sulky wheel of CLIFDEN CLOWERS and break.”

Rule 869 (3) (b) reads:

No horseman in any race shall drive (b) carelessly.

Ms Young admitted the charge and appeared at the hearing.

Mr Munro, with the aid of the videos, stated Ms Young was midfield on the pole line approaching the home straight. He said about the 350 metre mark AVEROSS DON struck the wheel of CLIFDEN CLOWERS and broke, losing any chance.

Ms Young stated that AVEROSS DON was travelling well leading up to the incident. She said as the field bunched up on the turn AVEROSS DON got keen and when the field spread out he went for a gap and struck a wheel.

Submissions for Penalty:

Mr Munro stated that Ms Young is a busy driver. She‘d had 1196 lifetime drives, 112 last season and 116 this season. She had a previous careless driving charge on the 16th November last year and was suspended for 2 days. As it was Ms Young’s second offence he sought a suspension of three days.

Ms Young preferred a suspension as opposed to a fine and asked for a deferment to be taken into account. She had 2-3 drives per meeting and drove mostly in the Canterbury region.

Reasons for Penalty:

Ms Young admitted a careless driving charge. The aggravating feature is this is Ms Young’s second charge inside four months and her horse lost any chance. We take a starting point of four days suspension. The mitigating factors are that Ms Young cooperated fully with the Stewards, she admitted the breach at the first opportunity and that AVEROSS DON contributed to the incident. We give Ms Young one day’s credit for those factors. Ms Young asked for a deferment which allows her to drive up until Addington on the 3rd March 2019.

JCA Decision Fields (raw)

Dmitry: This section contains all JCA fields migrated from the raw data.

Data from these fields should be mapped appropriately to display amongst the standard fields above; please make note of any values below that are missing in the above standard fields but should be there.

hearingid: 1bbe6bdab8177838a125f22bc5c7542e


informantnumber: A12479


horsename:


hearing_racingtype:


startdate: no date provided


newcharge: Careless driving


plea: admitted


penaltyrequired: 1


decisiondate: 27/02/2019


hearing_title: Waikouaiti TC 24 February 2019 - R 7 - Chair, Mr P Knowles


charge:


facts:

Following the running of Race 7 the Skevington Contracting/Airpark Canterbury Trot Stewards charged Ms J Young with a breach of r 869 (3) (b), careless driving. The Information alleged that Ms Young “… drove carelessly by allowing her runner (AVEROSS DON) to strike the sulky wheel of CLIFDEN CLOWERS and break.”

Rule 869 (3) (b) reads:

No horseman in any race shall drive (b) carelessly.

Ms Young admitted the charge and appeared at the hearing.

Mr Munro, with the aid of the videos, stated Ms Young was midfield on the pole line approaching the home straight. He said about the 350 metre mark AVEROSS DON struck the wheel of CLIFDEN CLOWERS and broke, losing any chance.

Ms Young stated that AVEROSS DON was travelling well leading up to the incident. She said as the field bunched up on the turn AVEROSS DON got keen and when the field spread out he went for a gap and struck a wheel.


appealdecision:


isappeal:


submissionsfordecision:


reasonsfordecision:


Decision:

Ms Young admitted the charge and it is found proved.


sumissionsforpenalty:

Mr Munro stated that Ms Young is a busy driver. She‘d had 1196 lifetime drives, 112 last season and 116 this season. She had a previous careless driving charge on the 16th November last year and was suspended for 2 days. As it was Ms Young’s second offence he sought a suspension of three days.

Ms Young preferred a suspension as opposed to a fine and asked for a deferment to be taken into account. She had 2-3 drives per meeting and drove mostly in the Canterbury region.


reasonsforpenalty:

Ms Young admitted a careless driving charge. The aggravating feature is this is Ms Young’s second charge inside four months and her horse lost any chance. We take a starting point of four days suspension. The mitigating factors are that Ms Young cooperated fully with the Stewards, she admitted the breach at the first opportunity and that AVEROSS DON contributed to the incident. We give Ms Young one day’s credit for those factors. Ms Young asked for a deferment which allows her to drive up until Addington on the 3rd March 2019.


penalty:

Ms Young’s horseman’s licence is suspended from the end of racing on March 3rd up to and including March 15th 2019 (3 days).


hearing_type: Hearing


Rules: 869 (3) (b)


Informant: Mr V Munro - Stipendiary Steward


JockeysandTrainer: Ms J Young - Licensed Open Driver


Otherperson:


PersonPresent:


Respondent:


StipendSteward:


raceid: 237ead96cbf314943b6a9dfb70020da6


race_expapproval:


racecancelled: 0


race_noreport: 0


race_emailed1: 0


race_emailed2: 0


race_title: R4


submittochair:


race_expappcomment:


race_km:


race_otherexp:


race_chair:


race_pm1:


race_pm2:


meetid: 26f08c629e5258cad9e6003bca21533a


meet_expapproval:


meet_noreport: 0


waitingforpublication: 0


meet_emailed1: 0


meet_emailed2: 0


meetdate: 24/02/2019


meet_title: Waikouaiti HRC - 24 February 2019


meet_expappcomment:


meet_km:


meet_otherexp:


tracklocation: waikouaiti-hrc


meet_racingtype: harness-racing


meet_chair: PKnowles


meet_pm1: MConway


meet_pm2: none


name: Waikouaiti HRC