Wellington RC – 14 July 2007 – Race 4
ID: JCA22812
Code:
Thoroughbred
Hearing Type (Code):
thoroughbred-racing
Meet Title:
Wellington RC - 14 July 2007
Race Date:
2007/07/14
Race Number:
Race 4
Decision:
Following the running of the NZCT Wellington Hurdles Mr J. Gillies, rider of the winner, VAN WINKLE, was charged with a breach of rule 871(3). That rule prohibits any rider from making any celebratory gesture prior to his horse passing the winning post.
Following the running of the NZCT Wellington Hurdles Mr J. Gillies, rider of the winner, VAN WINKLE, was charged with a breach of rule 871(3). That rule prohibits any rider from making any celebratory gesture prior to his horse passing the winning post.
----Mr Gillies denied the charge.
----Mr Goodwin with assistance from Mr Ray used the side on film of the finish to assert that Mr Gillies had stood up in the stirrups 30 metres from the line (which the stewards had no real issue with) and made two "fist pumps". Particular exception was taken to the "fist pumps". VAN WINKLE won by 5 lengths.
----Mr Gillies responded by claiming that he was looking to slap his mount on the shoulder to keep him going but did not need to.
----The Committee noted that stipendiary stewards have rightly been taking a firm stance on extravagant and exuberant behavior by riders before the finish. The bringing of this charge is consistent with the steward's zero tolerance on this matter. Our view of the films however is that there is some doubt that Mr Gillies' actions meet the test of a celebratory gesture. Even on an unfavourable view they indicate little more than a private restrained sense of elation. Certainly his pre-post actions had none of the flourish, theatrics or general lapses in horsemanship which have previously earned the ire of officialdom. We therefore find that an important element of this charge namely proof of a celebratory gesture has not been established to the level required and we therefore direct that the charge be dismissed.
------
Neville Harris
--Chairman
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: dfc7c49cfd9550520360a641d96a8793
informantnumber:
horsename:
hearing_racingtype: thoroughbred-racing
startdate: 14/07/2007
newcharge:
plea:
penaltyrequired:
decisiondate: no date provided
hearing_title: Wellington RC - 14 July 2007 - Race 4
charge:
facts:
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
reasonsfordecision:
Decision:
Following the running of the NZCT Wellington Hurdles Mr J. Gillies, rider of the winner, VAN WINKLE, was charged with a breach of rule 871(3). That rule prohibits any rider from making any celebratory gesture prior to his horse passing the winning post.
Following the running of the NZCT Wellington Hurdles Mr J. Gillies, rider of the winner, VAN WINKLE, was charged with a breach of rule 871(3). That rule prohibits any rider from making any celebratory gesture prior to his horse passing the winning post.
----Mr Gillies denied the charge.
----Mr Goodwin with assistance from Mr Ray used the side on film of the finish to assert that Mr Gillies had stood up in the stirrups 30 metres from the line (which the stewards had no real issue with) and made two "fist pumps". Particular exception was taken to the "fist pumps". VAN WINKLE won by 5 lengths.
----Mr Gillies responded by claiming that he was looking to slap his mount on the shoulder to keep him going but did not need to.
----The Committee noted that stipendiary stewards have rightly been taking a firm stance on extravagant and exuberant behavior by riders before the finish. The bringing of this charge is consistent with the steward's zero tolerance on this matter. Our view of the films however is that there is some doubt that Mr Gillies' actions meet the test of a celebratory gesture. Even on an unfavourable view they indicate little more than a private restrained sense of elation. Certainly his pre-post actions had none of the flourish, theatrics or general lapses in horsemanship which have previously earned the ire of officialdom. We therefore find that an important element of this charge namely proof of a celebratory gesture has not been established to the level required and we therefore direct that the charge be dismissed.
------
Neville Harris
--Chairman
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
penalty:
hearing_type: Old Hearing
Rules: 871.3
Informant:
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent:
Respondent:
StipendSteward:
raceid: 67ca0ccb9ace99259ea93da7553d4f3d
race_expapproval:
racecancelled: 0
race_noreport: 0
race_emailed1: 0
race_emailed2: 0
race_title: Race 4
submittochair:
race_expappcomment:
race_km:
race_otherexp:
race_chair:
race_pm1:
race_pm2:
meetid: 4a99e091c9f57a1391487b857adaeab0
meet_expapproval:
meet_noreport: 0
waitingforpublication: 0
meet_emailed1: 0
meet_emailed2: 0
meetdate: 14/07/2007
meet_title: Wellington RC - 14 July 2007
meet_expappcomment:
meet_km:
meet_otherexp:
tracklocation: wellington-rc
meet_racingtype: thoroughbred-racing
meet_chair:
meet_pm1:
meet_pm2:
name: Wellington RC