Canterbury Racing – 25 June 2006 – Race 7
ID: JCA23102
Hearing Type (Code):
harness-racing
Meet Title:
Canterbury Racing - 25 June 2006
Race Date:
2006/06/25
Race Number:
Race 7
Decision: --
Prior to the running of Race 7, Thoroughbred Club Handicap, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S C Ching, pursuant to Rule 828 (7) (b) seeking a ruling on the following matter:
--M R Pitman (trainer) requests to scratch the horse DR ZEUSS from Race 7 due to the prevailing track conditions.
--
DECISION AND REASONS:
--Prior to the running of Race 7, Thoroughbred Club Handicap, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S C Ching, pursuant to Rule 828 (7) (b) seeking a ruling on the following matter:
--M R Pitman (trainer) requests to scratch the horse DR ZEUSS from Race 7 due to the prevailing track conditions.
----Mr Pitman was present at the hearing of the information as was Mr T W Mills, Chief Executive/Secretary of the Club.
----The Committee explained to Mr Pitman, before the commencement of the hearing, that he was required to satisfy the Committee that there were "circumstances which warrant the horse being scratched" entitling him to scratch the horse after 7.30 on race day.
----Mr Pitman explained that he was acting as agent for the owner of DR ZEUSS, Grove Farm Enterprises Limited, which had requested that he apply on its behalf to scratch the horse. Two other horses owned by the company had raced poorly earlier in the day and both had drawn inside barriers. DR ZEUSS had drawn barrier 1 in Race 7. The owner was "disgusted" with the track conditions, Mr Pitman said, and wished to scratch DR ZEUSS. Mr Pitman stressed that he was acting as agent for the owner of DR ZEUSS.
----Mr Pitman stated that the track was heavier than he thought it would be and stated, further, that he believed that the horse had no chance, having drawn 1, with its style of racing.
----Mr Ching stated that he believed that DR ZEUSS had raced twice on heavy tracks and had won on such a track two starts ago. Mr Ching said that he did not believe that barrier 1 would inconvenience the horse as the better going was towards the middle of the track and not the outside. He submitted that Mr Pitman had not made out a sufficient case for the horse to be scratched.
----Mr Mills submitted that the 7.30am scratching deadline was one of the "rules of the game". He submitted that there had been no material change in the condition of the track. The track had been rated heavy all week and the regular penetrometer readings showed that the track had got heavier throughout the week. Furthermore, the barrier draw for DR ZEUSS had been known since Wednesday. There were no "surprises" on the day, Mr Mills submitted.
----The Committee considered the submissions of all parties. The Committee was not satisfied that Mr Pitman, on behalf of the horse's owner, had discharged the burden of showing that there were circumstances which warranted the horse being scratched. The Committee agreed with the submissions of Messrs Ching and Mills and, in particular, that there had been no material change in the condition of the track. Although this is not the only circumstance in which a horse may be permitted to be late scratched, for a Judicial Committee to make a ruling allowing a late scratching, any other circumstances would need to be somewhat exceptional. There were no such exceptional circumstances in the present case, in the Committee's view.
----The Committee ruled that the request by Mr Pitman, on behalf of the owner of DR ZEUSS, to scratch that horse from Race 7 was declined.
----R G McKenzie
----CHAIRMAN
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Decision:
--Prior to the running of Race 7, Thoroughbred Club Handicap, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S C Ching, pursuant to Rule 828 (7) (b) seeking a ruling on the following matter:
--M R Pitman (trainer) requests to scratch the horse DR ZEUSS from Race 7 due to the prevailing track conditions.
--
DECISION AND REASONS:
--Prior to the running of Race 7, Thoroughbred Club Handicap, an information was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr S C Ching, pursuant to Rule 828 (7) (b) seeking a ruling on the following matter:
--M R Pitman (trainer) requests to scratch the horse DR ZEUSS from Race 7 due to the prevailing track conditions.
----Mr Pitman was present at the hearing of the information as was Mr T W Mills, Chief Executive/Secretary of the Club.
----The Committee explained to Mr Pitman, before the commencement of the hearing, that he was required to satisfy the Committee that there were "circumstances which warrant the horse being scratched" entitling him to scratch the horse after 7.30 on race day.
----Mr Pitman explained that he was acting as agent for the owner of DR ZEUSS, Grove Farm Enterprises Limited, which had requested that he apply on its behalf to scratch the horse. Two other horses owned by the company had raced poorly earlier in the day and both had drawn inside barriers. DR ZEUSS had drawn barrier 1 in Race 7. The owner was "disgusted" with the track conditions, Mr Pitman said, and wished to scratch DR ZEUSS. Mr Pitman stressed that he was acting as agent for the owner of DR ZEUSS.
----Mr Pitman stated that the track was heavier than he thought it would be and stated, further, that he believed that the horse had no chance, having drawn 1, with its style of racing.
----Mr Ching stated that he believed that DR ZEUSS had raced twice on heavy tracks and had won on such a track two starts ago. Mr Ching said that he did not believe that barrier 1 would inconvenience the horse as the better going was towards the middle of the track and not the outside. He submitted that Mr Pitman had not made out a sufficient case for the horse to be scratched.
----Mr Mills submitted that the 7.30am scratching deadline was one of the "rules of the game". He submitted that there had been no material change in the condition of the track. The track had been rated heavy all week and the regular penetrometer readings showed that the track had got heavier throughout the week. Furthermore, the barrier draw for DR ZEUSS had been known since Wednesday. There were no "surprises" on the day, Mr Mills submitted.
----The Committee considered the submissions of all parties. The Committee was not satisfied that Mr Pitman, on behalf of the horse's owner, had discharged the burden of showing that there were circumstances which warranted the horse being scratched. The Committee agreed with the submissions of Messrs Ching and Mills and, in particular, that there had been no material change in the condition of the track. Although this is not the only circumstance in which a horse may be permitted to be late scratched, for a Judicial Committee to make a ruling allowing a late scratching, any other circumstances would need to be somewhat exceptional. There were no such exceptional circumstances in the present case, in the Committee's view.
----The Committee ruled that the request by Mr Pitman, on behalf of the owner of DR ZEUSS, to scratch that horse from Race 7 was declined.
----R G McKenzie
----CHAIRMAN
------
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