Cambridge – Te Awamutu HRC – 29 November 2006 – Race 8
ID: JCA20555
Hearing Type (Code):
harness-racing
Meet Title:
Cambridge - Te Awamutu HRC - 29 November 2006
Race Date:
2006/11/29
Race Number:
Race 8
Decision:
Information 13643 instigated a protest following Race 8 by Stipendiary Steward T. W. Taumanu against COOL STORY (T. Shaw) placed second by the judge alleging interference to PRIDE OF THE LAND (B. Lockyer) placed eighth with approximately 350 metres left to run.
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DECISION AND REASONS:
----Information 13643 instigated a protest following Race 8 by Stipendiary Steward T. W. Taumanu against COOL STORY (T. Shaw) placed second by the judge alleging interference to PRIDE OF THE LAND (B. Lockyer) placed eighth with approximately 350 metres left to run.
----Present for the hearing were Stipendiary Stewards T. Taumanu and J. Muirhead, Messrs. Lockyer and Shaw representing the connections of each horse and Mr. J. Teaz caretaker trainer of COOL STORY. Mr. S. Phelan, driver of CHINA CHINKO also attended as a witness for Mr. Shaw.
----Mr. Muirhead demonstrated the incident on video, identified the horses and confirmed his observation of the race. He noted that COPPER BELLE (P. Ferguson) was leading trailed by PRIDE OF THE LAND (B. Lockyer) with COOL STORY (T. Shaw) outside PRIDE OF THE LAND. COOL STORY was under a drive by Mr. Shaw chasing COPPER BELLE, which was going well in the lead. PRIDE OF THE LAND was also being driven on the inside to maintain its position in the trail. At that stage Mr. Shaw, while tapping up with the whip started to drift in on Mr. Lockyer who called out to Mr. Shaw as PRIDE OF THE LAND struck a couple of pylons with its sulky wheel. Mr. Muirhead said he then heard Mr. Lockyer make another strongly worded remark directed at Mr. Shaw as PRIDE OF THE LAND broke losing several lengths as a result.
----Mr. Lockyer confirmed Mr. Muirhead's observations and that Mr. Shaw had kept coming over on him causing him to call out but it made no difference. His horse never went over pylons unless someone forced it to do so and he felt the incident cost him second money the way he had been going. When asked why he was not closer to COPPER BELLE prior to the incident he explained that he had not been able to do so because of the way his horse had been handling the bend but expected to be able to make up the ground on straightening up but then he was under pressure from Mr. Shaw.
----Mr. Shaw stated that going into the bend he observed Mr. Lockyer's horse "trotting a bit rough" and he believed that was why he was losing ground at that stage. He had not come into contact with Mr. Lockyer's horse or the wheel at any stage. As for Mr. Lockyer calling out Mr. Shaw said everyone calls out and it was unreasonable to expect to have to react every time there was a call. It was simply a case of Mr. Lockyer's horse being unable to keep up to Mr. Ferguson and then starting to trot rough when under pressure from that. Mr. Shaw insisted he had moved up to Mr. Ferguson before he commenced to move in at which stage there was room for him to do so and he had moved in after Mr. Lockyer's horse galloped. He demonstrated this on the video pointing out that Mr. Ferguson had continued to improve rounding the bend while Mr. Lockyer was losing more ground and was obviously not going good enough to keep up. When Mr. Lockyer's horse broke it had not been under any pressure from him. He asked that Mr. Lockyer confirm whether there had been any contact made between them and Mr Lockyer accepted there had not been any physical contact made between them.
----Scott Phelan, who drove CHINA CHINKO, confirmed he was following Mr. Shaw when the incident occurred and did not think Mr. Shaw had caused Mr. Lockyer to be under any pressure when his horse broke. From his position he could see Mr. Shaw was clear before he moved in. He could not say from where he was if Mr. Lockyer's horse was under any pressure but he believed there was enough room for Mr. Shaw to cross when he did.
----After considering the evidence and reviewing the video the Committee noted that Mr. Muirhead and Mr. Lockyer were clear in their evidence that tightening had occurred from Mr. Shaw which had led to the interference as alleged with PRIDE OF THE LAND being forced over the pylons before breaking and losing ground as a result. Mr. Lockyer said he had called out to Mr. Shaw and Mr. Muirhead confirmed this. Mr. Shaw denied causing interference and stated there was room for him to improve and that while Mr. Lockyer's horse had broken it did so after he had passed it and he called Mr Phelan to confirm that. Mr. Shaw then disputed this interpretation of his evidence and denied he said Mr. Lockyer's horse galloped after he passed it. He said it broke because it was under pressure. The Committee acknowledged this correction by Mr. Shaw but in determining the protest found it preferred the evidence of Mr. Muirhead and Mr. Lockyer to that of Mr. Shaw and Mr. Phelan. The evidence of Messrs. Muirhead and Lockyer was, in the opinion of the committee, supported by the video and therefore the protest was upheld on the basis that interference has occurred as alleged, that it has affected the progress of PRIDE OF THE LAND in terms of Rule 869 (4) and given the stage of the race and the consequences of such interference the discretion to relegate ought to be exercised. COOL STORY was therefore relegated to eighth place behind PRIDE OF THE LAND and the other placings were altered accordingly.
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E F DOHERTY
--CHAIRMAN
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Decision:
Information 13643 instigated a protest following Race 8 by Stipendiary Steward T. W. Taumanu against COOL STORY (T. Shaw) placed second by the judge alleging interference to PRIDE OF THE LAND (B. Lockyer) placed eighth with approximately 350 metres left to run.
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DECISION AND REASONS:
----Information 13643 instigated a protest following Race 8 by Stipendiary Steward T. W. Taumanu against COOL STORY (T. Shaw) placed second by the judge alleging interference to PRIDE OF THE LAND (B. Lockyer) placed eighth with approximately 350 metres left to run.
----Present for the hearing were Stipendiary Stewards T. Taumanu and J. Muirhead, Messrs. Lockyer and Shaw representing the connections of each horse and Mr. J. Teaz caretaker trainer of COOL STORY. Mr. S. Phelan, driver of CHINA CHINKO also attended as a witness for Mr. Shaw.
----Mr. Muirhead demonstrated the incident on video, identified the horses and confirmed his observation of the race. He noted that COPPER BELLE (P. Ferguson) was leading trailed by PRIDE OF THE LAND (B. Lockyer) with COOL STORY (T. Shaw) outside PRIDE OF THE LAND. COOL STORY was under a drive by Mr. Shaw chasing COPPER BELLE, which was going well in the lead. PRIDE OF THE LAND was also being driven on the inside to maintain its position in the trail. At that stage Mr. Shaw, while tapping up with the whip started to drift in on Mr. Lockyer who called out to Mr. Shaw as PRIDE OF THE LAND struck a couple of pylons with its sulky wheel. Mr. Muirhead said he then heard Mr. Lockyer make another strongly worded remark directed at Mr. Shaw as PRIDE OF THE LAND broke losing several lengths as a result.
----Mr. Lockyer confirmed Mr. Muirhead's observations and that Mr. Shaw had kept coming over on him causing him to call out but it made no difference. His horse never went over pylons unless someone forced it to do so and he felt the incident cost him second money the way he had been going. When asked why he was not closer to COPPER BELLE prior to the incident he explained that he had not been able to do so because of the way his horse had been handling the bend but expected to be able to make up the ground on straightening up but then he was under pressure from Mr. Shaw.
----Mr. Shaw stated that going into the bend he observed Mr. Lockyer's horse "trotting a bit rough" and he believed that was why he was losing ground at that stage. He had not come into contact with Mr. Lockyer's horse or the wheel at any stage. As for Mr. Lockyer calling out Mr. Shaw said everyone calls out and it was unreasonable to expect to have to react every time there was a call. It was simply a case of Mr. Lockyer's horse being unable to keep up to Mr. Ferguson and then starting to trot rough when under pressure from that. Mr. Shaw insisted he had moved up to Mr. Ferguson before he commenced to move in at which stage there was room for him to do so and he had moved in after Mr. Lockyer's horse galloped. He demonstrated this on the video pointing out that Mr. Ferguson had continued to improve rounding the bend while Mr. Lockyer was losing more ground and was obviously not going good enough to keep up. When Mr. Lockyer's horse broke it had not been under any pressure from him. He asked that Mr. Lockyer confirm whether there had been any contact made between them and Mr Lockyer accepted there had not been any physical contact made between them.
----Scott Phelan, who drove CHINA CHINKO, confirmed he was following Mr. Shaw when the incident occurred and did not think Mr. Shaw had caused Mr. Lockyer to be under any pressure when his horse broke. From his position he could see Mr. Shaw was clear before he moved in. He could not say from where he was if Mr. Lockyer's horse was under any pressure but he believed there was enough room for Mr. Shaw to cross when he did.
----After considering the evidence and reviewing the video the Committee noted that Mr. Muirhead and Mr. Lockyer were clear in their evidence that tightening had occurred from Mr. Shaw which had led to the interference as alleged with PRIDE OF THE LAND being forced over the pylons before breaking and losing ground as a result. Mr. Lockyer said he had called out to Mr. Shaw and Mr. Muirhead confirmed this. Mr. Shaw denied causing interference and stated there was room for him to improve and that while Mr. Lockyer's horse had broken it did so after he had passed it and he called Mr Phelan to confirm that. Mr. Shaw then disputed this interpretation of his evidence and denied he said Mr. Lockyer's horse galloped after he passed it. He said it broke because it was under pressure. The Committee acknowledged this correction by Mr. Shaw but in determining the protest found it preferred the evidence of Mr. Muirhead and Mr. Lockyer to that of Mr. Shaw and Mr. Phelan. The evidence of Messrs. Muirhead and Lockyer was, in the opinion of the committee, supported by the video and therefore the protest was upheld on the basis that interference has occurred as alleged, that it has affected the progress of PRIDE OF THE LAND in terms of Rule 869 (4) and given the stage of the race and the consequences of such interference the discretion to relegate ought to be exercised. COOL STORY was therefore relegated to eighth place behind PRIDE OF THE LAND and the other placings were altered accordingly.
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E F DOHERTY
--CHAIRMAN
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