Auckland RC – 11 April 2009 –
ID: JCA18446
Hearing Type (Code):
thoroughbred-racing
Decision:
Following Race 7 an Information was filed pursuant to Rule 871 (1) (D) by the Informant Mr R Sanders. He alleged that Miss K Hercock, rider of COLUMBIAN STRIKE permitted her mount, passing the 200 metre mark, to shift out tightening STRAIGHTTOTHEPOOLROOM (A Calder) which had to be steadied as a result. COLUMBIAN STRIKE was then taken out further by KAMIKAZE FLYER (J Collett) which also contributed to STRAIGHTOTTHEPOOLROOM being checked.
--
Following Race 7 an Information was filed pursuant to Rule 871 (1) (D) by the Informant Mr R Sanders. He alleged that Miss K Hercock, rider of COLUMBIAN STRIKE permitted her mount, passing the 200 metre mark, to shift out tightening STRAIGHTTOTHEPOOLROOM (A Calder) which had to be steadied as a result. COLUMBIAN STRIKE was then taken out further by KAMIKAZE FLYER (J Collett) which also contributed to STRAIGHTOTTHEPOOLROOM being checked.
--Miss Hercock admitted the breach.
--Mr Sanders demonstrated the video films which clearly showed Mr Calder on STRAIGHTOTHEPOOLROOM being squeezed out of a gap which he was entitled to. This was initially caused by Miss Hercock moving out 2 – 3 horse widths into Mr Calder’s line. Miss Hercock did not attempt to straighten her mount until after the check to Mr Calder.
--Miss Hercock did not wish to say anything other than it was clear on the film as to what happened.
--PENALTY SUBMISSIONS
--Mr Sanders produced Miss Hercock’s record which was an excellent one with only 1 charge in the last 12 months. He said she was not entirely to blame for the incident and asked the Committee to consider her guilty plea and her good record. He submitted that although it was a premier day and for a $35,000 stake he believed the penalty should be a minimum one.
--Miss Hercock said she had commitments up to and including 18 April 09
--PENALTY
--The Committee considered all submissions, the most relevant being:
• Miss Hercock’s guilty plea
• Her excellent record
• Mitigating factors in the incident
Accordingly we impose a suspension on Miss Hercock’s license to ride in races to start after racing on 18 April 09 and conclude after racing on 25 April 09 (4 days)
Richard Seabrook
Chair
Decision Date: 11/04/2009
Publish Date: 11/04/2009
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: 127b91b1e8b48be485b752a687484b9c
informantnumber:
horsename:
hearing_racingtype: thoroughbred-racing
startdate: 11/04/2009
newcharge:
plea:
penaltyrequired:
decisiondate: no date provided
hearing_title: Auckland RC - 11 April 2009 -
charge:
facts:
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
reasonsfordecision:
Decision:
Following Race 7 an Information was filed pursuant to Rule 871 (1) (D) by the Informant Mr R Sanders. He alleged that Miss K Hercock, rider of COLUMBIAN STRIKE permitted her mount, passing the 200 metre mark, to shift out tightening STRAIGHTTOTHEPOOLROOM (A Calder) which had to be steadied as a result. COLUMBIAN STRIKE was then taken out further by KAMIKAZE FLYER (J Collett) which also contributed to STRAIGHTOTTHEPOOLROOM being checked.
--
Following Race 7 an Information was filed pursuant to Rule 871 (1) (D) by the Informant Mr R Sanders. He alleged that Miss K Hercock, rider of COLUMBIAN STRIKE permitted her mount, passing the 200 metre mark, to shift out tightening STRAIGHTTOTHEPOOLROOM (A Calder) which had to be steadied as a result. COLUMBIAN STRIKE was then taken out further by KAMIKAZE FLYER (J Collett) which also contributed to STRAIGHTOTTHEPOOLROOM being checked.
--Miss Hercock admitted the breach.
--Mr Sanders demonstrated the video films which clearly showed Mr Calder on STRAIGHTOTHEPOOLROOM being squeezed out of a gap which he was entitled to. This was initially caused by Miss Hercock moving out 2 – 3 horse widths into Mr Calder’s line. Miss Hercock did not attempt to straighten her mount until after the check to Mr Calder.
--Miss Hercock did not wish to say anything other than it was clear on the film as to what happened.
--PENALTY SUBMISSIONS
--Mr Sanders produced Miss Hercock’s record which was an excellent one with only 1 charge in the last 12 months. He said she was not entirely to blame for the incident and asked the Committee to consider her guilty plea and her good record. He submitted that although it was a premier day and for a $35,000 stake he believed the penalty should be a minimum one.
--Miss Hercock said she had commitments up to and including 18 April 09
--PENALTY
--The Committee considered all submissions, the most relevant being:
• Miss Hercock’s guilty plea
• Her excellent record
• Mitigating factors in the incident
Accordingly we impose a suspension on Miss Hercock’s license to ride in races to start after racing on 18 April 09 and conclude after racing on 25 April 09 (4 days)
Richard Seabrook
Chair
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
penalty:
hearing_type: Old Hearing
Rules: 871.1.d
Informant:
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent:
Respondent:
StipendSteward:
raceid:
race_expapproval:
racecancelled:
race_noreport:
race_emailed1:
race_emailed2:
race_title:
submittochair:
race_expappcomment:
race_km:
race_otherexp:
race_chair:
race_pm1:
race_pm2:
meetid:
meet_expapproval:
meet_noreport:
waitingforpublication:
meet_emailed1:
meet_emailed2:
meetdate: no date provided
meet_title:
meet_expappcomment:
meet_km:
meet_otherexp:
tracklocation:
meet_racingtype:
meet_chair:
meet_pm1:
meet_pm2:
name: