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.

South Canterbury RC 11 April 2013 – R 4 (request for a ruling)

ID: JCA11828

Stipend Steward:
Mr J McLaughlin - Stipendiary Steward

Hearing Type:
Request Ruling

Rules:
614(2)

Code:
Thoroughbred

Meet Title:
South Canterbury RC - 11 April 2013

Meet Chair:
KHales

Meet Committee Member 1:
JPhelan

Race Date:
2013/04/11

Race Number:
R 4

Decision:

Accordingly, both “Treviso” and “La vie Onze” were declared non-starters.

Facts:

“La Vie Onze” and “Treviso” were both subjected to slow opening gates and that these runners be declared non-runners.

RULE 632:

“If in the opinion of the Judicial Committee, a horse which does not finish in the first three placings was prevented from taking an effective part in a Race owing to the mechanical failure of starting stalls, or is denied a fair start and such occurrence materially prejudiced the chances of that horse (but not where that horse is slow away by its own accord), the Judicial Committee may declare such horse to be a non-starter.”

Submissions for Decision:

Mr McLaughlin presented the Stipendiary Stewards’ case. He showed the head-on video coverage of the start from it could clearly be observed that “Treviso”(gate 4) and “La Vie Onze” (gate 3) were slow away as a result of the gates to the stalls not opening in synchronization with the remainder of the gates of the starting stalls. Neither horse finished in the first 3 placings. Mr Doherty said that his horse is normally a good starter and Mr Johnson said that there was no doubt in his mind that his mount was prejudiced.

Reasons for Decision:

The committee made the following findings:

• Neither horse finished in the first three placings;
• There was a mechanical failure of the starting stalls;
• Both horses were denied a fair start;
• The occurrence materially prejudiced the chances of both horses in the race.

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: 2cf59a543638df92ed7ef098973fe2e8


informantnumber:


horsename:


hearing_racingtype:


startdate: no date provided


newcharge:


plea:


penaltyrequired:


decisiondate: 01/04/2013


hearing_title: South Canterbury RC 11 April 2013 - R 4 (request for a ruling)


charge:


facts:

“La Vie Onze” and “Treviso” were both subjected to slow opening gates and that these runners be declared non-runners.

RULE 632:

“If in the opinion of the Judicial Committee, a horse which does not finish in the first three placings was prevented from taking an effective part in a Race owing to the mechanical failure of starting stalls, or is denied a fair start and such occurrence materially prejudiced the chances of that horse (but not where that horse is slow away by its own accord), the Judicial Committee may declare such horse to be a non-starter.”


appealdecision:


isappeal:


submissionsfordecision:

Mr McLaughlin presented the Stipendiary Stewards’ case. He showed the head-on video coverage of the start from it could clearly be observed that “Treviso”(gate 4) and “La Vie Onze” (gate 3) were slow away as a result of the gates to the stalls not opening in synchronization with the remainder of the gates of the starting stalls. Neither horse finished in the first 3 placings. Mr Doherty said that his horse is normally a good starter and Mr Johnson said that there was no doubt in his mind that his mount was prejudiced.


reasonsfordecision:

The committee made the following findings:

• Neither horse finished in the first three placings;
• There was a mechanical failure of the starting stalls;
• Both horses were denied a fair start;
• The occurrence materially prejudiced the chances of both horses in the race.


Decision:

Accordingly, both “Treviso” and “La vie Onze” were declared non-starters.


sumissionsforpenalty:


reasonsforpenalty:


penalty:


hearing_type: Request Ruling


Rules: 614(2)


Informant:


JockeysandTrainer:


Otherperson:


PersonPresent: Mr R Doherty - Licensed Jockey of TREVISO, Mr C W Johnson - Licensed Jockey of LA VIE ONZE, Ms S Payne - Starter


Respondent:


StipendSteward: Mr J McLaughlin - Stipendiary Steward


raceid: 4a7569473926377316d63fdd193ecde6


race_expapproval:


racecancelled: 0


race_noreport: 0


race_emailed1: 0


race_emailed2: 0


race_title: R 4


submittochair:


race_expappcomment:


race_km:


race_otherexp:


race_chair:


race_pm1:


race_pm2:


meetid: 8ca65eac4ad48081674b413b727ca7e6


meet_expapproval:


meet_noreport: 0


waitingforpublication: 0


meet_emailed1: 0


meet_emailed2: 0


meetdate: 11/04/2013


meet_title: South Canterbury RC - 11 April 2013


meet_expappcomment:


meet_km:


meet_otherexp:


tracklocation: south-canterbury-rc


meet_racingtype: thoroughbred-racing


meet_chair: KHales


meet_pm1: JPhelan


meet_pm2: none


name: South Canterbury RC