Auckland RC 23 January 2021 – R 1 – Chair, Mr G Jones
ID: JCA11243
Code:
Thoroughbred
Meet Title:
Auckland RC - 23 January 2021
Meet Chair:
GJones
Meet Committee Member 1:
ASmith
Race Date:
2021/01/23
Race Number:
R1
Decision:
As Mr Innes admitted the breach the Committee found the charge proved.
Penalty:
The Committee granted Mr Innes a deferment to his suspension pursuant to Rule 1106(2).
Accordingly, Mr Innes’ Licence to ride in races is therefore suspended for a period of 4 days commencing after racing on 30 January 2021 and concluding after racing on 8 February 2021. In addition we impose a $400 fine.
Facts:
This charge arises from the running of Race 1, the Cambridge Stud Almanzor (Group 3 - $70,000). Senior Stipendiary Steward, Mr Williamson filed an Information pursuant to Rule 638(1)(d) alleging the rider of EXPLOSIVELY (Mr L Innes), “permitted his mount to shift in when not sufficiently clear of NEED I SAY MORE and SO GORGEOUS which were hampered and steadied near the 1150 metres”.
Mr Innes acknowledged he understood the Rule and confirmed his admission of the breach.
Rule 638(1) (d) provides: A Rider shall not ride a horse in a manner which the Judicial Committee considers to be careless.
Using all available video footage Stipendiary Steward, Mr Coles demonstrated the incident and identified all horses and riders concerned. He told the Committee that EXPLOSIVELY jumped well from barrier 6 at the 1200 metre start and Mr Innes, intent on taking up a handy position, angled across. The runners to its inside, namely NEED I SAY MORE (T Harris) and SO GORGEOUS (S Spratt) at the same time pushed forward and were hampered and tightened by EXPLOSIVELY. This resulted in their riders having to take hold of their mounts. They were both steadied for a few strides. Mr Coles pointed out that HELSINKI who drew barrier 2 may have contributed to the tightening, particularly with regards to SO GORGEOUS, as it shifted out slightly off the rail. He added that when Mr Innes shifted inwards he was only a bare length clear of NEED I SAY MORE.
In response Mr Innes stated that he accepted the Stewards account, noting that Mr Coles summed up the incident fairly. He said that he thought that he had sufficient room when he crossed and added that SO GORGEOUS may have contributed because it was racing greenly.
Submissions for Penalty:
Mr Williamson produced Mr Innes’s riding record which indicated two previous breaches under the careless riding Rule in the last 12 months. The most recent having occurred on 4 October 2020 and resulted in a 5-day suspension.
Mr Williamson said Stewards assessed the level of carelessness to be in the low range. He said that although there were consequences to two horses; the most affected NEED I SAY MORE, went on and won the race. He also acknowledged there were mitigating circumstances (as described by Mr Coles) relating to the fact that HELSINKI shifted out slightly, which exacerbated the tightening to SO GORGEOUS.
He advised that this breach occurred in a Group 3 race and this should be factored in to any proposed penalty.
In response Mr Innes sought a deferment to any proposed suspension until after racing on 30 January 2021 at Wellington RC. He said that the breach was an error of judgement on his part.
Reasons for Penalty:
After considering the submissions and reviewing the race film and the Committee determined Mr Innes’ carelessness to be low-range and adopted a 4-day (suspension) and $250 (fine) as our starting point. This is in conformity with the NZTR Penalty Directive which recommends a 4 national day and $250 fine starting point for low range carelessness.
The available films established that Mr Innes did shift in when he was no more than one length clear of NEED SAY MORE, but the shift was not abrupt. The Committee accepts that there were some mitigating factors in Mr Innes’s favour.
Aggravating factors are that this breach occurred in a Group 3 race with stakemoney of $70,000, and there were consequences to two others runners. It is noted however, that NEED I SAY MORE went on and won the race.
Rule 920(2) empowers a Committee in imposing a penalty to have due regard to such matters as it considers appropriate including: (a) the Status of the Race; (b) the Stake payable in respect of the Race; (c) any consequential effects upon any person or horse as a result of the breach of the Rule; and/or (d) the need to maintain integrity and public confidence in racing.
In consideration of the Status of the Race, this being a Group 3, we applied a 1 day (suspension) and $150 (fine) uplift to the starting point.
The mitigating factors we considered included Mr Innes’ admission of the breach and his good record. For those combined reasons we afforded him a 1-day reduction.
After taking into account all the above factors the Committee considered that an appropriate suspension was 4 (national) days and a fine of $400.
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hearing_title: Auckland RC 23 January 2021 - R 1 – Chair, Mr G Jones
charge:
facts:
This charge arises from the running of Race 1, the Cambridge Stud Almanzor (Group 3 - $70,000). Senior Stipendiary Steward, Mr Williamson filed an Information pursuant to Rule 638(1)(d) alleging the rider of EXPLOSIVELY (Mr L Innes), “permitted his mount to shift in when not sufficiently clear of NEED I SAY MORE and SO GORGEOUS which were hampered and steadied near the 1150 metres”.
Mr Innes acknowledged he understood the Rule and confirmed his admission of the breach.
Rule 638(1) (d) provides: A Rider shall not ride a horse in a manner which the Judicial Committee considers to be careless.
Using all available video footage Stipendiary Steward, Mr Coles demonstrated the incident and identified all horses and riders concerned. He told the Committee that EXPLOSIVELY jumped well from barrier 6 at the 1200 metre start and Mr Innes, intent on taking up a handy position, angled across. The runners to its inside, namely NEED I SAY MORE (T Harris) and SO GORGEOUS (S Spratt) at the same time pushed forward and were hampered and tightened by EXPLOSIVELY. This resulted in their riders having to take hold of their mounts. They were both steadied for a few strides. Mr Coles pointed out that HELSINKI who drew barrier 2 may have contributed to the tightening, particularly with regards to SO GORGEOUS, as it shifted out slightly off the rail. He added that when Mr Innes shifted inwards he was only a bare length clear of NEED I SAY MORE.
In response Mr Innes stated that he accepted the Stewards account, noting that Mr Coles summed up the incident fairly. He said that he thought that he had sufficient room when he crossed and added that SO GORGEOUS may have contributed because it was racing greenly.
appealdecision:
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submissionsfordecision:
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Decision:
As Mr Innes admitted the breach the Committee found the charge proved.
sumissionsforpenalty:
Mr Williamson produced Mr Innes’s riding record which indicated two previous breaches under the careless riding Rule in the last 12 months. The most recent having occurred on 4 October 2020 and resulted in a 5-day suspension.
Mr Williamson said Stewards assessed the level of carelessness to be in the low range. He said that although there were consequences to two horses; the most affected NEED I SAY MORE, went on and won the race. He also acknowledged there were mitigating circumstances (as described by Mr Coles) relating to the fact that HELSINKI shifted out slightly, which exacerbated the tightening to SO GORGEOUS.
He advised that this breach occurred in a Group 3 race and this should be factored in to any proposed penalty.
In response Mr Innes sought a deferment to any proposed suspension until after racing on 30 January 2021 at Wellington RC. He said that the breach was an error of judgement on his part.
reasonsforpenalty:
After considering the submissions and reviewing the race film and the Committee determined Mr Innes’ carelessness to be low-range and adopted a 4-day (suspension) and $250 (fine) as our starting point. This is in conformity with the NZTR Penalty Directive which recommends a 4 national day and $250 fine starting point for low range carelessness.
The available films established that Mr Innes did shift in when he was no more than one length clear of NEED SAY MORE, but the shift was not abrupt. The Committee accepts that there were some mitigating factors in Mr Innes’s favour.
Aggravating factors are that this breach occurred in a Group 3 race with stakemoney of $70,000, and there were consequences to two others runners. It is noted however, that NEED I SAY MORE went on and won the race.
Rule 920(2) empowers a Committee in imposing a penalty to have due regard to such matters as it considers appropriate including: (a) the Status of the Race; (b) the Stake payable in respect of the Race; (c) any consequential effects upon any person or horse as a result of the breach of the Rule; and/or (d) the need to maintain integrity and public confidence in racing.
In consideration of the Status of the Race, this being a Group 3, we applied a 1 day (suspension) and $150 (fine) uplift to the starting point.
The mitigating factors we considered included Mr Innes’ admission of the breach and his good record. For those combined reasons we afforded him a 1-day reduction.
After taking into account all the above factors the Committee considered that an appropriate suspension was 4 (national) days and a fine of $400.
penalty:
The Committee granted Mr Innes a deferment to his suspension pursuant to Rule 1106(2).
Accordingly, Mr Innes’ Licence to ride in races is therefore suspended for a period of 4 days commencing after racing on 30 January 2021 and concluding after racing on 8 February 2021. In addition we impose a $400 fine.
hearing_type: Hearing
Rules: 638(1)(d)
Informant: Mr M Williamson - Senior Stipendiary Steward
JockeysandTrainer: Mr L Innes - Licensed Jockey
Otherperson: Mr A Coles - Stipendiary Steward
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