NZ Metro TC – 2 October 2009 – Race 5
ID: JCA20802
Hearing Type (Code):
harness-racing
Meet Title:
NZ Metro TC - 2 October 2009
Race Date:
2009/10/02
Race Number:
Race 5
Decision:
Following the running of Race 5, Lamb & Hayward Handicap Trot, an information instigating a protest was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr N M Ydgren, against MUSGROVE (P C Nairn), placed 4th by the judge, on the ground of breaking from its gait “over the final stages”.
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Following the running of Race 5, Lamb & Hayward Handicap Trot, an information instigating a protest was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr N M Ydgren, against MUSGROVE (P C Nairn), placed 4th by the judge, on the ground of breaking from its gait “over the final stages”.
--Mr P C Nairn, trainer and driver of MUSGROVE was present at the hearing of the information representing the connections of the horse.
--Rule 870 (3) provides as follows:
Any horse which breaks from its gait shall promptly regain its proper gait.
Mr Ydgren stated that MUSGROVE had galloped for a distance in excess of 50 metres, however it did trot in between gallops.
--Mrs K R Williams, Stipendiary Steward, showed video replays of the final 300-400 metres of the Race. She pointed out MUSGROVE break from its gait shortly after the 200 metres and gallop for approximately 20 metres, she alleged. It was established that the horse had then trotted for approximately three strides before galloping again, this time for a distance of approximately 40 metres. Mrs Williams acknowledged that MUSGROVE had lost ground in the break and had not gained an advantage over any other runner.
--Mr Nairn submitted that the protest should be dismissed because MUSGROVE had not continued in a gallop for a distance in excess of 50 metres or greater but had trotted for several strides in between its two gallops. He also stated that the horse had lost ground in the breaks.
--The Committee found that the horse had not breached the Breaking Horses Regulation as it had not “continued” in a gallop for a distance in excess of 50 metres. The breaking must be without interval or interruption and the distances of the two breaks cannot be regarded cumulatively, in the Committee’s view.
--Furthermore, MUSGROVE had not breached Rule 870 (3) in that the Committee was satisfied that it had promptly regained its proper gait.
--The protest was dismissed and the judges’s placings for the Race stand.
--R G McKenzie J M Phelan
CHAIR Committee Member
13883
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Decision:
Following the running of Race 5, Lamb & Hayward Handicap Trot, an information instigating a protest was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr N M Ydgren, against MUSGROVE (P C Nairn), placed 4th by the judge, on the ground of breaking from its gait “over the final stages”.
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Following the running of Race 5, Lamb & Hayward Handicap Trot, an information instigating a protest was filed by Stipendiary Steward, Mr N M Ydgren, against MUSGROVE (P C Nairn), placed 4th by the judge, on the ground of breaking from its gait “over the final stages”.
--Mr P C Nairn, trainer and driver of MUSGROVE was present at the hearing of the information representing the connections of the horse.
--Rule 870 (3) provides as follows:
Any horse which breaks from its gait shall promptly regain its proper gait.
Mr Ydgren stated that MUSGROVE had galloped for a distance in excess of 50 metres, however it did trot in between gallops.
--Mrs K R Williams, Stipendiary Steward, showed video replays of the final 300-400 metres of the Race. She pointed out MUSGROVE break from its gait shortly after the 200 metres and gallop for approximately 20 metres, she alleged. It was established that the horse had then trotted for approximately three strides before galloping again, this time for a distance of approximately 40 metres. Mrs Williams acknowledged that MUSGROVE had lost ground in the break and had not gained an advantage over any other runner.
--Mr Nairn submitted that the protest should be dismissed because MUSGROVE had not continued in a gallop for a distance in excess of 50 metres or greater but had trotted for several strides in between its two gallops. He also stated that the horse had lost ground in the breaks.
--The Committee found that the horse had not breached the Breaking Horses Regulation as it had not “continued” in a gallop for a distance in excess of 50 metres. The breaking must be without interval or interruption and the distances of the two breaks cannot be regarded cumulatively, in the Committee’s view.
--Furthermore, MUSGROVE had not breached Rule 870 (3) in that the Committee was satisfied that it had promptly regained its proper gait.
--The protest was dismissed and the judges’s placings for the Race stand.
--R G McKenzie J M Phelan
CHAIR Committee Member
13883
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