Hawkes Bay RI 6 October 2012 – R 3 (instigating a protest)
ID: JCA14291
Code:
Thoroughbred
Meet Title:
Hawkes Bay RI - 6 October 2012
Meet Chair:
NMoffatt
Meet Committee Member 1:
NMcCutcheon
Race Date:
2012/10/06
Race Number:
R3
Decision:
The protest was dismissed and the Judge's placings allowed to stand with all dividends to be paid accordingly.
Facts:
Following Race 3, the Stella Artois Premier 1600m, a protest was lodged pursuant to rule 642(1). Mr Waddell alleged that horse number 8 (ESTRATO) or its rider placed 2nd by the Judge interfered with the chances of horse number 3 (DOUBLE O SEVEN) placed 3rd by the Judge.
The interference occurred in the final straight.
Judge's placings were:
1st RANSOMED
2nd ESTRATO
3rd DOUBLE O SEVEN
4th LIV'N PARADISE
5th IS DA CHIEF
6th CLASSY MATTER
The official margins were a neck between first and second and a half length between the second and third horses.
Submissions for Decision:
Mr Waddell started with the head-on video and showed that at approximately the 150m ESTRATO shifted in and closed the gap in front of him. At the 100m he was travelling in a position 1- 2 lengths behind ESTRATO but making up ground quickly. At the finish post he was only half a length behind and Mr Waddell said with a clear run he would have easily beaten ESTRATO. He used the side view to highlight how much ground he was making up on the second placed horse.
Mr Cullen (co-trainer DOUBLE O SEVEN) said the gap was there for Mr Waddell to take but when it closed he had to restrain his horse resulting in a loss of momentum and then make up ground over the final stages. Mr Lowry (co-trainer DOUBLE O SEVEN) said his horse would definitely have run second but would probably have won the race with a clear run.
Mr Coleman acknowledged his mount ESTRATO shifted inwards approximately half a horse width but used the rear-view video to show Mr Riddell's horse LIV'N PARADISE move outwards at the same time contributing to the incident. He said both horses were culpable. Mr McKay (trainer ESTRATO) said there was only ever a split second gap for DOUBLE O SEVEN to take and that gap closed because both ESTRATO and LIV'N PARADISE moved briefly off their running line.
For the Stewards Mr Neal said DOUBLE O SEVEN was obviously held up early in the straight when going for a marginal run between ESTRATO and LIV'N PARADISE but that both horses moved off their lines simultaneously contributing to the gap closing.
Reasons for Decision:
The committee carefully considered all of the evidence and we looked again at all three views of the incident. We found that ESTRATO moved inwards first but then LIV'N PARADISE moved out slightly contributing to the gap closing which caused tightening to DOUBLE O SEVEN. Mr Waddell's horse ran on strongly and could be considered unlucky as he was certainly making up ground at the finish however due to LIV'N PARADISE contributing to the incident we could not find ESTRATO soley to blame.
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hearingid: 710a44b3f21149ff6587a86743a1059d
informantnumber: A3476
horsename: DOUBLE O SEVEN
hearing_racingtype:
startdate: no date provided
newcharge:
plea:
penaltyrequired:
decisiondate: 04/10/2012
hearing_title: Hawkes Bay RI 6 October 2012 - R 3 (instigating a protest)
charge:
facts:
Following Race 3, the Stella Artois Premier 1600m, a protest was lodged pursuant to rule 642(1). Mr Waddell alleged that horse number 8 (ESTRATO) or its rider placed 2nd by the Judge interfered with the chances of horse number 3 (DOUBLE O SEVEN) placed 3rd by the Judge.
The interference occurred in the final straight.
Judge's placings were:
1st RANSOMED
2nd ESTRATO
3rd DOUBLE O SEVEN
4th LIV'N PARADISE
5th IS DA CHIEF
6th CLASSY MATTER
The official margins were a neck between first and second and a half length between the second and third horses.
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
Mr Waddell started with the head-on video and showed that at approximately the 150m ESTRATO shifted in and closed the gap in front of him. At the 100m he was travelling in a position 1- 2 lengths behind ESTRATO but making up ground quickly. At the finish post he was only half a length behind and Mr Waddell said with a clear run he would have easily beaten ESTRATO. He used the side view to highlight how much ground he was making up on the second placed horse.
Mr Cullen (co-trainer DOUBLE O SEVEN) said the gap was there for Mr Waddell to take but when it closed he had to restrain his horse resulting in a loss of momentum and then make up ground over the final stages. Mr Lowry (co-trainer DOUBLE O SEVEN) said his horse would definitely have run second but would probably have won the race with a clear run.
Mr Coleman acknowledged his mount ESTRATO shifted inwards approximately half a horse width but used the rear-view video to show Mr Riddell's horse LIV'N PARADISE move outwards at the same time contributing to the incident. He said both horses were culpable. Mr McKay (trainer ESTRATO) said there was only ever a split second gap for DOUBLE O SEVEN to take and that gap closed because both ESTRATO and LIV'N PARADISE moved briefly off their running line.
For the Stewards Mr Neal said DOUBLE O SEVEN was obviously held up early in the straight when going for a marginal run between ESTRATO and LIV'N PARADISE but that both horses moved off their lines simultaneously contributing to the gap closing.
reasonsfordecision:
The committee carefully considered all of the evidence and we looked again at all three views of the incident. We found that ESTRATO moved inwards first but then LIV'N PARADISE moved out slightly contributing to the gap closing which caused tightening to DOUBLE O SEVEN. Mr Waddell's horse ran on strongly and could be considered unlucky as he was certainly making up ground at the finish however due to LIV'N PARADISE contributing to the incident we could not find ESTRATO soley to blame.
Decision:
The protest was dismissed and the Judge's placings allowed to stand with all dividends to be paid accordingly.
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
penalty:
hearing_type: Protest
Rules: 642(1)
Informant: J Waddell Licensed Rider
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent: G Cullen Licensed Trainer, G Lowry Licensed Trainer, R Neal Stipendiary Steward, J Oatham Stipendiary Steward
Respondent: P McKay Licensed Trainer, M Coleman Rider ESTRATO
StipendSteward:
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meetdate: 06/10/2012
meet_title: Hawkes Bay RI - 6 October 2012
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