NZ Metro TC – 13 December 2006 – Race 7
ID: JCA20158
Hearing Type (Code):
harness-racing
Meet Title:
NZ Metro TC - 13 December 2006
Race Date:
2006/12/13
Race Number:
Race 7
Decision: --
Following the running of Race 7, the 123racing.com Mobile Pace, Stipendiary Steward Mr N. M. Ydgren laid an Information charging Mr M. P. Jones with a breach of Rule 857(7)(g) of failing to ensure his horse (Stormy Seas) was in position on the mobile gate at dispatch.
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DECISION AND REASONS:
--Following the running of Race 7, the 123racing.com Mobile Pace, Stipendiary Steward Mr N. M. Ydgren laid an Information charging Mr M. P. Jones with a breach of Rule 857(7)(g) of failing to ensure his horse (Stormy Seas) was in position on the mobile gate at dispatch.
------Rule 857(7)(g) states:
--No Horseman shall:-
--(g) fail to come up into and /or maintain his position
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Mr Jones indicated on the information that he did not admit this breach and advised the Committee that he understood the Rule.
--Stipendiary Steward Mr B. Williams replayed the start on the video which showed Stormy Seas being on the gate early in the run-up before drifting off to be 1-2 lengths behind the gate on dispatch. He pointed out that Mr Jones was showing no urgency in getting the horse up to the gate and explained the inconvenience caused to the trailing horse by virtue of Mr Jones' horse being off the gate.
--Mr Jones stated this was the horse's second mobile start and in its first start the horse was also slow away settling last. Mr McIntyre confirmed that the horse received a warning concerning its manners after that race. Mr Jones said that he didn?t want to chase the horse out of the gate as he thought he was going rough and would probably have broken. He also stated that the horse was trying to run outwards and he was concerned that he would interfere with the horse on his outer. He also asked the committee to note that the horse continued to drift after the start and settled a long way off the pace and that he was only able to pull the hopple shorteners after about 600 metres . Trainer L. J. Mosely also confirmed that as the horse was under a warning he instructed Mr Jones to drive the horse quietly out of the gate.
--Stipendiary Steward Mr N. McIntyre replied that Mr Jones has an obligation for his horse to be in position at the point of dispatch. He also stressed the inconvenience caused to the horse that was on the second row behind him at the start. Mr Jones asked the committee to note that the horse behind him on the second row was not on his back even though he was a couple of lengths off the gate at dispatch.
--We then adjourned and returned delivering the following oral decision:
--"The Committee has heard evidence from Stipendiary Stewards, Driver M. P. Jones, Trainer L. J. Mosely and viewed the films.
--We find that Stormy Seas was on the gate early in the run-up but drifted back to be 1-2 lengths behind the gate at dispatch. Mr Jones gave evidence that he did not want to chase the horse up as he felt it could run outwards and cause interference to the horse on its outside or go rough and gallop. He continued to lose ground after the start settling some way off the pace. There was also evidence given that it was only the horse's second mobile start and that in its first start it was also slow away and had received a warning for its manners.
--The charge is that Mr Jones failed to maintain his position on the gate. We are satisfied that the characteristics of the horse must be taken into account for a charge like this to succeed and we find that in this case Mr Jones has acted in the best interests of the horse and the betting public and had reasonable grounds to believe that his horse could have galloped and/or run outwards causing interference to another horse had he chased the horse up early.
--The charge is therefore dismissed."
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R. A. Quirk
--Chairman
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Decision:
--Following the running of Race 7, the 123racing.com Mobile Pace, Stipendiary Steward Mr N. M. Ydgren laid an Information charging Mr M. P. Jones with a breach of Rule 857(7)(g) of failing to ensure his horse (Stormy Seas) was in position on the mobile gate at dispatch.
--
DECISION AND REASONS:
--Following the running of Race 7, the 123racing.com Mobile Pace, Stipendiary Steward Mr N. M. Ydgren laid an Information charging Mr M. P. Jones with a breach of Rule 857(7)(g) of failing to ensure his horse (Stormy Seas) was in position on the mobile gate at dispatch.
------Rule 857(7)(g) states:
--No Horseman shall:-
--(g) fail to come up into and /or maintain his position
----
Mr Jones indicated on the information that he did not admit this breach and advised the Committee that he understood the Rule.
--Stipendiary Steward Mr B. Williams replayed the start on the video which showed Stormy Seas being on the gate early in the run-up before drifting off to be 1-2 lengths behind the gate on dispatch. He pointed out that Mr Jones was showing no urgency in getting the horse up to the gate and explained the inconvenience caused to the trailing horse by virtue of Mr Jones' horse being off the gate.
--Mr Jones stated this was the horse's second mobile start and in its first start the horse was also slow away settling last. Mr McIntyre confirmed that the horse received a warning concerning its manners after that race. Mr Jones said that he didn?t want to chase the horse out of the gate as he thought he was going rough and would probably have broken. He also stated that the horse was trying to run outwards and he was concerned that he would interfere with the horse on his outer. He also asked the committee to note that the horse continued to drift after the start and settled a long way off the pace and that he was only able to pull the hopple shorteners after about 600 metres . Trainer L. J. Mosely also confirmed that as the horse was under a warning he instructed Mr Jones to drive the horse quietly out of the gate.
--Stipendiary Steward Mr N. McIntyre replied that Mr Jones has an obligation for his horse to be in position at the point of dispatch. He also stressed the inconvenience caused to the horse that was on the second row behind him at the start. Mr Jones asked the committee to note that the horse behind him on the second row was not on his back even though he was a couple of lengths off the gate at dispatch.
--We then adjourned and returned delivering the following oral decision:
--"The Committee has heard evidence from Stipendiary Stewards, Driver M. P. Jones, Trainer L. J. Mosely and viewed the films.
--We find that Stormy Seas was on the gate early in the run-up but drifted back to be 1-2 lengths behind the gate at dispatch. Mr Jones gave evidence that he did not want to chase the horse up as he felt it could run outwards and cause interference to the horse on its outside or go rough and gallop. He continued to lose ground after the start settling some way off the pace. There was also evidence given that it was only the horse's second mobile start and that in its first start it was also slow away and had received a warning for its manners.
--The charge is that Mr Jones failed to maintain his position on the gate. We are satisfied that the characteristics of the horse must be taken into account for a charge like this to succeed and we find that in this case Mr Jones has acted in the best interests of the horse and the betting public and had reasonable grounds to believe that his horse could have galloped and/or run outwards causing interference to another horse had he chased the horse up early.
--The charge is therefore dismissed."
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R. A. Quirk
--Chairman
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