Otaki-Maori RC – 26 March 2009 – Race 1
ID: JCA19694
Code:
Thoroughbred
Hearing Type (Code):
thoroughbred-racing
Meet Title:
Otaki-Maori RC - 26 March 2009
Race Date:
2009/03/26
Race Number:
Race 1
Decision:
Following the running of Race 1, The Kapiti Observer Highweight, information 006 was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr N Goodwin against Mr P Cunningham under rule 869 (2) alleging that “P Cunningham was careless when preparing his saddle for race 1 which resulted in the irons becoming detached from the saddle”.
--
Following the running of Race 1, The Kapiti Observer Highweight, information 006 was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr N Goodwin against Mr P Cunningham under rule 869 (2) alleging that “P Cunningham was careless when preparing his saddle for race 1 which resulted in the irons becoming detached from the saddle”.
--Rule 869 (2) states “Any person guilty of carelessness or neglect in saddling a horse for any race commits a breach of these rules”
--Mr Cunningham indicated on the information he admitted this breach of the rules and he confirmed this at the hearing. He also agreed he understood the charge and the rule it was laid under.
--Stipendiary Steward Mr Neal showed the Committee the saddle Mr Cunningham was using for the race and explained how the irons should have been attached to the saddle by pulling the stirrup leather under and over a bar built into the saddle. He said the stirrup leather would then be attached to a “D ring” as a further safety measure. It appeared that in this case Mr Cunningham had not threaded his stirrup leathers under and over the bar but simply attached them to the “D ring”. As a result, during his pre-race preparations when Mr Cunningham stood up in his irons the stirrup leathers could not hold his weight and broke. Mr Cunningham fell off his horse SPEEDUP which then careered away and galloped for some distance before being caught by the clerk of the course. The horse was declared a late scratching.
--Mr Cunningham confirmed he did not dispute anything Mr Neal had said and agreed he was responsible for the riding gear he used. He confirmed it was a borrowed saddle and was the normal size he used for highweight races.
--Penalty Submission
--Mr Goodwin described the degree of carelessness at the high end and that it was fortunate the incident had not happened during the race when the consequences could have been far more serious. He also said the owner/trainer of the SPEEDUP had travelled from Hastings for the race and had incurred significant expenditure only to see his horse late scratched because of Mr Cunningham’s negligence. He thought the matter should be dealt with by way of a fine of not less $300. Mr Cunningham had nothing to say on the penalty submissions made.
--Decision
--In coming to a decision on penalty the Committee considered the evidence given by Mr Neal none of which was disputed by Mr Cunningham. The committee noted Mr Cunningham’s admittance of the breach but we agree with Mr Goodwin that the degree of carelessness was at the high end and that Mr Cunningham and the other riders in the race were fortunate the incident happened prior to the start of the race rather than during it. Accordingly we impose a fine of $350.
----
P Williams T Castles
Chairman Member
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: 5be076439c833f68fd1ec3b44006d90c
informantnumber:
horsename:
hearing_racingtype: thoroughbred-racing
startdate: 26/03/2009
newcharge:
plea:
penaltyrequired:
decisiondate: no date provided
hearing_title: Otaki-Maori RC - 26 March 2009 - Race 1
charge:
facts:
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
reasonsfordecision:
Decision:
Following the running of Race 1, The Kapiti Observer Highweight, information 006 was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr N Goodwin against Mr P Cunningham under rule 869 (2) alleging that “P Cunningham was careless when preparing his saddle for race 1 which resulted in the irons becoming detached from the saddle”.
--
Following the running of Race 1, The Kapiti Observer Highweight, information 006 was filed by Stipendiary Steward Mr N Goodwin against Mr P Cunningham under rule 869 (2) alleging that “P Cunningham was careless when preparing his saddle for race 1 which resulted in the irons becoming detached from the saddle”.
--Rule 869 (2) states “Any person guilty of carelessness or neglect in saddling a horse for any race commits a breach of these rules”
--Mr Cunningham indicated on the information he admitted this breach of the rules and he confirmed this at the hearing. He also agreed he understood the charge and the rule it was laid under.
--Stipendiary Steward Mr Neal showed the Committee the saddle Mr Cunningham was using for the race and explained how the irons should have been attached to the saddle by pulling the stirrup leather under and over a bar built into the saddle. He said the stirrup leather would then be attached to a “D ring” as a further safety measure. It appeared that in this case Mr Cunningham had not threaded his stirrup leathers under and over the bar but simply attached them to the “D ring”. As a result, during his pre-race preparations when Mr Cunningham stood up in his irons the stirrup leathers could not hold his weight and broke. Mr Cunningham fell off his horse SPEEDUP which then careered away and galloped for some distance before being caught by the clerk of the course. The horse was declared a late scratching.
--Mr Cunningham confirmed he did not dispute anything Mr Neal had said and agreed he was responsible for the riding gear he used. He confirmed it was a borrowed saddle and was the normal size he used for highweight races.
--Penalty Submission
--Mr Goodwin described the degree of carelessness at the high end and that it was fortunate the incident had not happened during the race when the consequences could have been far more serious. He also said the owner/trainer of the SPEEDUP had travelled from Hastings for the race and had incurred significant expenditure only to see his horse late scratched because of Mr Cunningham’s negligence. He thought the matter should be dealt with by way of a fine of not less $300. Mr Cunningham had nothing to say on the penalty submissions made.
--Decision
--In coming to a decision on penalty the Committee considered the evidence given by Mr Neal none of which was disputed by Mr Cunningham. The committee noted Mr Cunningham’s admittance of the breach but we agree with Mr Goodwin that the degree of carelessness was at the high end and that Mr Cunningham and the other riders in the race were fortunate the incident happened prior to the start of the race rather than during it. Accordingly we impose a fine of $350.
----
P Williams T Castles
Chairman Member
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
penalty:
hearing_type: Old Hearing
Rules: 869.2
Informant:
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent:
Respondent:
StipendSteward:
raceid: 36bf08289b542d13d64b250eba66d431
race_expapproval:
racecancelled: 0
race_noreport: 0
race_emailed1: 0
race_emailed2: 0
race_title: Race 1
submittochair:
race_expappcomment:
race_km:
race_otherexp:
race_chair:
race_pm1:
race_pm2:
meetid: c690b0f2cecef0345761984d11d0eb8b
meet_expapproval:
meet_noreport: 0
waitingforpublication: 0
meet_emailed1: 0
meet_emailed2: 0
meetdate: 26/03/2009
meet_title: Otaki-Maori RC - 26 March 2009
meet_expappcomment:
meet_km:
meet_otherexp:
tracklocation: otaki-maori-rc
meet_racingtype: thoroughbred-racing
meet_chair:
meet_pm1:
meet_pm2:
name: Otaki-Maori RC