Rangiora HRC 20 October 2013 – R 7 (instigating a protest)
ID: JCA13224
Meet Title:
Rangiora HRC - 20 October 2013
Meet Chair:
KHales
Meet Committee Member 1:
RMcKenzie
Race Date:
2013/10/20
Race Number:
R7
Decision:
The protest is dismissed and stakes and dividends are to be paid in accordance with the Judge's placings.
Facts:
It was alleged by the Stipendiary Stewards that when passing the 600 metres mark, "Tokohoka" (B Orange) broke and as a result "My Entourage" (M Jones) had to shift ground outwards. In so doing, "Aveross Outlaw" was checked and broke. "Tokohoka" finished in 4th place, "My Entourage" 5th and "Aveross Outlaw" finished 10th.
Mr Renault showed the incident on the video coverage. He pointed out how as a result of "Tokohoka" breaking from its gait, that Mr Jones had to shift outwards and in the process caused a check to Mr Heaton's horse "Aveross Outlaw". There did not appear to be any contact made between any of the horses involved.
Mr Jones said that he was racing "four back" and was having trouble with his horse. He said that he couldn't really tell what was happening ahead of him. He said he was following Mr J Curtin's horse and felt that he did well to get around Mr Orange. He said a whole line of horses shifted out 3 wide and successfully avoided Mr Orange.
Mr Orange said that in view other drivers, including Dexter Dunn, Jim Curtin and Mark Jones did very well getting around him. He said that he did everything to bring his horse under control and went as close to the markers as he could. He further questioned, that as Mr Heaton's horse did not make contact with any other horse, then why did it break?
Mr Heaton agreed that his horse was not going all that well and did not believe that his horse would have run on for a much better position at the finish. He said that everything happened very quickly and conceded that he didn't really know what happened.
Submissions for Decision:
In summary Mr Renault said that as a result of "Tokohoka" breaking from its gait, that the consequence was that other horses were placed in "tight quarters" and one consequence of that was the interference caused to "Aveross Outlaw" by "Tokohoka".
Reasons for Decision:
Having considered all of the evidence carefully, we formed the view that this was an unfortunate incident which can so often happen in racing. There was a kind of "concertina" effect as a consequence of Mr Orange's horse breaking from its gait. Mr Orange did everything required of him in terms of rule 870(1). He had little room to do this but took his horse as close as he could to the marker pegs. We also note that Mr Orange commented that several other drivers rather skilfully negotiated their way around him without incident. We also take cognisance of the fact that Mr Orange recovered to finish 4th ahead of Mr Jones, and Mr Heaton's concession that he was not expecting to finish in a much better position in any event.
As a result of our findings, we are not satisfied that that "Tokohoka" gained an advantage which would warrant the exercise of our discretion to place "Tokohoka" behind either "My Entourage" or Aveross Outlaw".
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decisiondate: 09/10/2013
hearing_title: Rangiora HRC 20 October 2013 - R 7 (instigating a protest)
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facts:
It was alleged by the Stipendiary Stewards that when passing the 600 metres mark, "Tokohoka" (B Orange) broke and as a result "My Entourage" (M Jones) had to shift ground outwards. In so doing, "Aveross Outlaw" was checked and broke. "Tokohoka" finished in 4th place, "My Entourage" 5th and "Aveross Outlaw" finished 10th.
Mr Renault showed the incident on the video coverage. He pointed out how as a result of "Tokohoka" breaking from its gait, that Mr Jones had to shift outwards and in the process caused a check to Mr Heaton's horse "Aveross Outlaw". There did not appear to be any contact made between any of the horses involved.
Mr Jones said that he was racing "four back" and was having trouble with his horse. He said that he couldn't really tell what was happening ahead of him. He said he was following Mr J Curtin's horse and felt that he did well to get around Mr Orange. He said a whole line of horses shifted out 3 wide and successfully avoided Mr Orange.
Mr Orange said that in view other drivers, including Dexter Dunn, Jim Curtin and Mark Jones did very well getting around him. He said that he did everything to bring his horse under control and went as close to the markers as he could. He further questioned, that as Mr Heaton's horse did not make contact with any other horse, then why did it break?
Mr Heaton agreed that his horse was not going all that well and did not believe that his horse would have run on for a much better position at the finish. He said that everything happened very quickly and conceded that he didn't really know what happened.
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
In summary Mr Renault said that as a result of "Tokohoka" breaking from its gait, that the consequence was that other horses were placed in "tight quarters" and one consequence of that was the interference caused to "Aveross Outlaw" by "Tokohoka".
reasonsfordecision:
Having considered all of the evidence carefully, we formed the view that this was an unfortunate incident which can so often happen in racing. There was a kind of "concertina" effect as a consequence of Mr Orange's horse breaking from its gait. Mr Orange did everything required of him in terms of rule 870(1). He had little room to do this but took his horse as close as he could to the marker pegs. We also note that Mr Orange commented that several other drivers rather skilfully negotiated their way around him without incident. We also take cognisance of the fact that Mr Orange recovered to finish 4th ahead of Mr Jones, and Mr Heaton's concession that he was not expecting to finish in a much better position in any event.
As a result of our findings, we are not satisfied that that "Tokohoka" gained an advantage which would warrant the exercise of our discretion to place "Tokohoka" behind either "My Entourage" or Aveross Outlaw".
Decision:
The protest is dismissed and stakes and dividends are to be paid in accordance with the Judge's placings.
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
penalty:
hearing_type: Protest
Rules: Rule 869(8)
Informant: Mr S Renault - Stipendiary Steward
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent: Mr M Jones - Open Horseman, Mr M Heaton - Graduation Horseman Licence to train
Respondent: Mr B Orange - Licensed Horseman
StipendSteward:
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