Southland RC – 15 April 2006 –

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Hearing of information number 6276 filed under Rule 520 4(a) by Mr SC Ching alleging that L Young wilfully or without reasonable cause broke the riding engagements on "Radical Ruler", "Maadi" and "Miss Unicorn".

Hearing of information number 6276 filed under Rule 520 4(a) by Mr SC Ching alleging that L Young wilfully or without reasonable cause broke the riding engagements on "Radical Ruler", "Maadi" and "Miss Unicorn".

Miss LK Young has been charged pursuant to Rule 520 4(a) of the Rules of Racing for wilfully, or without reasonable cause, breaking riding engagements at Racing Southland on Saturday 15^th April 2006.

Miss Young was engaged to ride the horses "Radical Ruler", "Maadi" and "Miss Unicorn" in Races 2, 3 and 4 at the meeting held at the Riverton Racecourse.

Mr Ching satisfied us before the hearing that he had opened an enquiry into the matter and that he adjourned the enquiry pending further investigation on his part. Thus, we are satisfied that notwithstanding that this hearing is not being held on the race day, that we have the jurisdiction to hear this charge.

Miss Young has admitted the charge against her. The evidence was that Miss Young had three riding engagements on the day in question. She told the committee that she was not engaged by the trainers until the Wednesday before the race meeting. Accordingly she set about arranging transport by speaking to other jockeys, sending text messages and making telephone calls, but without success. The end result was that she was not successful in obtaining a ride to the meeting and she notified Mr Ching at 9.15 am on Saturday 15^th April that she would be unable to fulfil her engagements for the day. Mr Ching agreed that Miss Young had broken her riding engagements without reasonable cause as opposed to wilfully breaking the engagements. That concession on Mr Ching's part certainly assists Miss Young in so far as penalty is concerned.

This matter will be dealt with by way of a fine. In setting the penalty we take into account as an aggravating feature, the somewhat casual attitude of Miss Young to this matter but we give her credit for her early admission of the charge.

A further aggravating feature is the fact that the connections of the various horses were inconvenienced and the betting public may also have been disappointed, as Miss Young is a rider of some ability.

As I have said, a fine is the appropriate penalty, which we set at $450.00.

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