Hawkes Bay RI 2 March 2013 – R 3 (request for a ruling)
ID: JCA14582
Code:
Thoroughbred
Meet Title:
Hawkes Bay RI - 2 March 2013
Meet Chair:
NMcCutcheon
Meet Committee Member 1:
TCastles
Race Date:
2013/03/02
Race Number:
R 3
Decision:
The committee acting pursuant to its powers under Rule 902(2)(C) ordered that Re Deel be scratched from Race 3.
Facts:
Prior to the running of race 3 (Hastings Heart of Hawkes Bay 2200) an information requesting a ruling was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr Goodwin.
The information read as follows:
Request a ruling regarding Re Deel in regard to its eligibility to start due to having been administered a substance via a syringe.
Submissions for Decision:
Mr Goodwin called Mr Bateup, Assistant Stipendiary Steward to give evidence. Mr Bateup said that when he was doing the gear check he witnessed Mr Lock with a syringe in the mouth of Re Deel. He said he asked Mr Lock what he was doing and he said he was just squirting glycerine into the horse’s mouth, which he said he does all the time. Mr Bateup said that he then took possession of the syringe and a container of substance to the stewards' room.
Mr Lock in answer to a question from the committee said that he agreed that Mr Bateup’s versions of events was correct. Mr Lock said that he routinely follows this practice with his horses on raceday to lubricate their throats and that he was not aware that there was a rule that prevented him from doing it. He said that if you do not use a syringe how else would you administer glycerine. He added that the only substance used on this occasion was glycerine.
Mr Brown, the part-owner of Re Deel, said that he had travelled a long way to see his horse race and would like it to start.
Mr Goodwin said that it was a difficult situation in that Mr Lock was not aware of the rule. He said that the rule had been in place for some time and that you cannot have a horse being administered anything via a syringe or any other means on a racecourse on raceday. The recommendation by the stewards was that the horse Re Deel does not start.
Reasons for Decision:
The committee determined that whilst Mr Lock said that the only substance administered via the syringe was glycerine it was not in a position to allow the horse to start, as it could not be sure that any other substance had not also been administered.
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decisiondate: 19/02/2013
hearing_title: Hawkes Bay RI 2 March 2013 - R 3 (request for a ruling)
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facts:
Prior to the running of race 3 (Hastings Heart of Hawkes Bay 2200) an information requesting a ruling was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr Goodwin.
The information read as follows:
Request a ruling regarding Re Deel in regard to its eligibility to start due to having been administered a substance via a syringe.
appealdecision:
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submissionsfordecision:
Mr Goodwin called Mr Bateup, Assistant Stipendiary Steward to give evidence. Mr Bateup said that when he was doing the gear check he witnessed Mr Lock with a syringe in the mouth of Re Deel. He said he asked Mr Lock what he was doing and he said he was just squirting glycerine into the horse’s mouth, which he said he does all the time. Mr Bateup said that he then took possession of the syringe and a container of substance to the stewards' room.
Mr Lock in answer to a question from the committee said that he agreed that Mr Bateup’s versions of events was correct. Mr Lock said that he routinely follows this practice with his horses on raceday to lubricate their throats and that he was not aware that there was a rule that prevented him from doing it. He said that if you do not use a syringe how else would you administer glycerine. He added that the only substance used on this occasion was glycerine.
Mr Brown, the part-owner of Re Deel, said that he had travelled a long way to see his horse race and would like it to start.
Mr Goodwin said that it was a difficult situation in that Mr Lock was not aware of the rule. He said that the rule had been in place for some time and that you cannot have a horse being administered anything via a syringe or any other means on a racecourse on raceday. The recommendation by the stewards was that the horse Re Deel does not start.
reasonsfordecision:
The committee determined that whilst Mr Lock said that the only substance administered via the syringe was glycerine it was not in a position to allow the horse to start, as it could not be sure that any other substance had not also been administered.
Decision:
The committee acting pursuant to its powers under Rule 902(2)(C) ordered that Re Deel be scratched from Race 3.
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
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hearing_type: Request Ruling
Rules: 804(4)(5), 902(2)(c)
Informant:
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent: Mr B Bateup - Assistant Stipendiary Steward, Mr P Lock - Trainer of RE DEEL, Mr & Mrs T M Brown - Owners of RE DEEL
Respondent:
StipendSteward: Mr N Goodwin - Stipendiary Steward
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