Waikato BOP H 5 September 2019 – R 3 – Chair, B J Scott
ID: JCA16700
Meet Title:
Harness Racing Waikato - 5 September 2019
Meet Chair:
BScott
Meet Committee Member 1:
GJones
Race Date:
2019/09/05
Race Number:
R3
Decision:
The breach is admitted and therefore the charge is proved.
Penalty:
This Committee imposes a fine of $200.00 on Mr Whittaker.
Facts:
Following the running of the AMBER GARDEN CENTRE MOBILE PACE an Information was lodged by Senior Stipendiary Steward Mr S Mulcay against Junior Driver Mr L Whittaker alleging that when driving MAJOR RAGE he used his whip on more occasions than permitted under clause (b) of the Use of Whip Regulations.
Clause (b) of the Regulations provides: No horseman is permitted to use their whip in a striking motion on more than ten occasions inside the final 400 metres. This is inclusive of "backhanders" and the use applies to the horse, harness and/or sulky.
Mr Whittaker was not present at the Hearing. He had endorsed the Information to say that he admitted the breach and that he did not wish to be present at the Hearing. Mr Mulcay told the Committee that Mr Whittaker had been advised by a Senior Horseman before admitting the breach.
Mr Mulcay demonstrated the incident by use of the race films. He showed where Mr Whittaker had his horse in the one/one position coming into the straight and he worked to the front at the top of the straight. He showed where Mr Whittaker used his whip 11 times prior to the winning post.
Submissions for Penalty:
Mr Mulcay said that Mr Whittaker had a clear record under this Rule. He said that the number of strikes meant that Mr Whittaker was one strike over the allowable level and he said that the appropriate penalty for that was a fine of $200.00.
Reasons for Penalty:
The starting point penalty under the Use of Whip Guidelines for 11-13 strikes is a fine for a first offence of $200.00.
In this instance Mr Whittaker was one strike over and therefore the appropriate penalty is a fine of $200.00.
JCA Decision Fields (raw)
Dmitry: This section contains all JCA fields migrated from the raw data.
Data from these fields should be mapped appropriately to display amongst the standard fields above; please make note of any values below that are missing in the above standard fields but should be there.
hearingid: d62fd8abe979dcb2b168ca5e3a92b0a7
informantnumber: A12214
horsename:
hearing_racingtype:
startdate: no date provided
newcharge: Contravention of the use of the Whip regulations
plea: admitted
penaltyrequired: 1
decisiondate: 07/09/2019
hearing_title: Waikato BOP H 5 September 2019 - R 3 - Chair, B J Scott
charge:
facts:
Following the running of the AMBER GARDEN CENTRE MOBILE PACE an Information was lodged by Senior Stipendiary Steward Mr S Mulcay against Junior Driver Mr L Whittaker alleging that when driving MAJOR RAGE he used his whip on more occasions than permitted under clause (b) of the Use of Whip Regulations.
Clause (b) of the Regulations provides: No horseman is permitted to use their whip in a striking motion on more than ten occasions inside the final 400 metres. This is inclusive of "backhanders" and the use applies to the horse, harness and/or sulky.
Mr Whittaker was not present at the Hearing. He had endorsed the Information to say that he admitted the breach and that he did not wish to be present at the Hearing. Mr Mulcay told the Committee that Mr Whittaker had been advised by a Senior Horseman before admitting the breach.
Mr Mulcay demonstrated the incident by use of the race films. He showed where Mr Whittaker had his horse in the one/one position coming into the straight and he worked to the front at the top of the straight. He showed where Mr Whittaker used his whip 11 times prior to the winning post.
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
reasonsfordecision:
Decision:
The breach is admitted and therefore the charge is proved.
sumissionsforpenalty:
Mr Mulcay said that Mr Whittaker had a clear record under this Rule. He said that the number of strikes meant that Mr Whittaker was one strike over the allowable level and he said that the appropriate penalty for that was a fine of $200.00.
reasonsforpenalty:
The starting point penalty under the Use of Whip Guidelines for 11-13 strikes is a fine for a first offence of $200.00.
In this instance Mr Whittaker was one strike over and therefore the appropriate penalty is a fine of $200.00.
penalty:
This Committee imposes a fine of $200.00 on Mr Whittaker.
hearing_type: Hearing
Rules: Rule 869(2)and the Use of Whip Regulations
Informant: Mr S Mulcay - Senior Stipendiary Steward
JockeysandTrainer: Mr L Whittaker - Junior Driver
Otherperson:
PersonPresent:
Respondent:
StipendSteward:
raceid: abcd97abe0d5f2d0124c4f25c47aa9e1
race_expapproval:
racecancelled: 0
race_noreport: 0
race_emailed1: 0
race_emailed2: 0
race_title: R3
submittochair:
race_expappcomment:
race_km:
race_otherexp:
race_chair:
race_pm1:
race_pm2:
meetid: 2848e41c3d4fe817928ab0c3dc301457
meet_expapproval:
meet_noreport: 0
waitingforpublication: 0
meet_emailed1: 0
meet_emailed2: 0
meetdate: 05/09/2019
meet_title: Harness Racing Waikato - 5 September 2019
meet_expappcomment:
meet_km:
meet_otherexp:
tracklocation: harness-racing-waikato
meet_racingtype: harness-racing
meet_chair: BScott
meet_pm1: GJones
meet_pm2: none
name: Harness Racing Waikato