NZ Metro TC 5 March 2013 – R 8
ID: JCA11097
Meet Title:
NZ Metro TC - 5 March 2013
Meet Chair:
RMcKenzie
Race Date:
2013/03/05
Race Number:
R8
Decision:
Mr Chapman having admitted the breach, the charge was found proved.
Penalty:
Mr Chapman was fined the sum of $250.00.
Charge:
Excessive use of the whip.
Facts:
Following the running of Race 8, Zapwall Group Limited Mobile Pace, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S W Wallis, against Licensed Open Driver, Mr K K Chapman, alleging that Mr Chapman, as the driver of NATE in the race, “used his whip excessively in the run home”.
Mr Chapman had signed the Statement by the Respondent on the information form indicating that he admitted the breach. Mr Wallis informed the Committee that Mr Chapman did not wish to be present at the hearing.
Rule 869 provides as follows:
(2) No horseman shall during any race:-
(a) use his whip in an unnecessary, excessive or improper manner.
Submissions for Decision:
Mr Wallis showed a video replay of the final 300 metres of the race. He pointed out Mr Chapman, driving NATE, racing in about 7th position and off the markers as the field turned into the home straight. Mr Chapman switched the horse to the inside and from that point, Mr Chapman commenced using his whip and continued to the finishing line, using the whip on some 24 occasions, Mr Wallis alleged. The initial strikes were delivered with some force but, towards the end, they were more in the nature of “flicks” just to keep the horse going to the line, Mr Wallis said. The Committee noted that NATE finished in 7th placing.
Submissions for Penalty:
In relation to penalty, Mr Wallis said that Mr Chapman had a clear record. Mr Wallis referred to Mr Chapman’s admission of the breach and his clear record. He submitted that a fine of $250 was appropriate in this case.
Reasons for Penalty:
In determining penalty, the Committee took into account Mr Chapman's admission of the breach and his previous good record.
The starting point in the Penalty Guide is a fine of $300 (it was not appropriate to consider a suspension in this case). The mitigating factors of Mr Chapman’s admission of the breach and his record warrant a reduction in that starting point of $100. Against that, the number of strikes was quite high, they were continuous and some were delivered with some force. Those factors warrant an increase of $50 from the fine of $200 arrived at by that process.
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decisiondate: 19/02/2013
hearing_title: NZ Metro TC 5 March 2013 - R 8
charge:
Excessive use of the whip.
facts:
Following the running of Race 8, Zapwall Group Limited Mobile Pace, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S W Wallis, against Licensed Open Driver, Mr K K Chapman, alleging that Mr Chapman, as the driver of NATE in the race, “used his whip excessively in the run home”.
Mr Chapman had signed the Statement by the Respondent on the information form indicating that he admitted the breach. Mr Wallis informed the Committee that Mr Chapman did not wish to be present at the hearing.
Rule 869 provides as follows:
(2) No horseman shall during any race:-
(a) use his whip in an unnecessary, excessive or improper manner.
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
Mr Wallis showed a video replay of the final 300 metres of the race. He pointed out Mr Chapman, driving NATE, racing in about 7th position and off the markers as the field turned into the home straight. Mr Chapman switched the horse to the inside and from that point, Mr Chapman commenced using his whip and continued to the finishing line, using the whip on some 24 occasions, Mr Wallis alleged. The initial strikes were delivered with some force but, towards the end, they were more in the nature of “flicks” just to keep the horse going to the line, Mr Wallis said. The Committee noted that NATE finished in 7th placing.
reasonsfordecision:
Decision:
Mr Chapman having admitted the breach, the charge was found proved.
sumissionsforpenalty:
In relation to penalty, Mr Wallis said that Mr Chapman had a clear record. Mr Wallis referred to Mr Chapman’s admission of the breach and his clear record. He submitted that a fine of $250 was appropriate in this case.
reasonsforpenalty:
In determining penalty, the Committee took into account Mr Chapman's admission of the breach and his previous good record.
The starting point in the Penalty Guide is a fine of $300 (it was not appropriate to consider a suspension in this case). The mitigating factors of Mr Chapman’s admission of the breach and his record warrant a reduction in that starting point of $100. Against that, the number of strikes was quite high, they were continuous and some were delivered with some force. Those factors warrant an increase of $50 from the fine of $200 arrived at by that process.
penalty:
Mr Chapman was fined the sum of $250.00.
hearing_type: Hearing
Rules: 869(2)(a)
Informant: S W Wallis, Stipendiary Steward
JockeysandTrainer: K K Chapman, Licensed Open Driver
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