Wanganui JC 25 June 2020 – R 6 (instigating a protest) – Chair, Mrs N Moffatt
ID: JCA17046
Meet Title:
Wanganui JC - 25 June 2020
Meet Chair:
NMoffatt
Race Date:
2020/06/25
Race Number:
R 6
Decision:
Accordingly, the protest was dismissed and authorisation to pay dividends on the Judge's placings and stake money was approved.
Facts:
Following Race 6 (St Johns Club HWT) a protest was lodged pursuant to Rule 642(1) by Ms Nicholas alleging that horse number 2 (ZENTANGLE) or its rider placed 1st by the Judge interfered with the chances of horse number 6 (TALLYHO TWINKLETOE) placed 2nd by the Judge.
The information alleged interference in the home straight.
Judge's placings were:
1st ZENTANGLE (2)
2nd TALLYHO TWINKLETOE (6)
3rd BAD BOY BROWN (10)
4th MONDORANI (5)
The official margin was a nose.
Submissions for Decision:
Before hearing from both parties the head-on and side-on videos were played with Mr Goodwin identifying the two horses involved.
Ms Nicholas (TALLYHO TWINKLETOE) was racing to the inside of ZENTANGLE. She told the Committee that she received a slight bump from that runner which put her horse momentarily off stride. When asked by the Chair if the interference had affected her chances of beating ZENTANGLE she said “potentially it did”. Ms Nicholas explained that she thought they had finished in a dead heat. (After viewing the films a number of times during the hearing Ms Nicholas said she was less convinced that she would have beaten ZENTANGLE despite the contact.)
Mr Parker declined to give evidence but when questioned denied that his mount had moved inwards and bumped the 2nd placed horse.
Mr Myers was the trainer of the two horses involved in the protest. He said that both horses had drifted in towards the rail from an initial 6-wide position. He said Ms Nicholas was not forced to stop riding and the slight bump did not affect the stride of TALLYHO TWINKLETOE. He did not support the protest.
For the Stewards Mr Goodwin said that despite ZENTANGLE shifting in Ms Nicholas did not stop riding and ZENTANGLE was comfortably holding TALLYHO TWINKLETOE at the line.
Reasons for Decision:
Rule 642(1) states:
If a placed horse or its Rider causes interference within the meaning of this Rule 642 to another placed horse and the Judicial Committee is of the opinion that the horse so interfered with would have finished ahead of the first-mentioned horse had such interference not occurred, they may place the first mentioned horse immediately after the horse interfered with.
The Committee considered all the submissions. The rider of ZENTANGLE maintained that his mount had not run inwards however the head-on film clearly showed the two horses come together at approximately the 130m mark. TALLYHO TWINKLETOE kept a straight line and it was the mount of Mr Parker who moved in. Mr Parker also admitted to straightening his mount up at this point. It was the opinion of the Committee that while Ms Nicholas was not affected enough to stop riding, TALLYHO TWINKLETOE did in fact change stride when the two horses made contact.
Relegation is not automatic following interference. Taking into account the minor nature and consequences of the interference, and the manner in which both horses were finishing the race, the Committee was not convinced that TALLYHO TWINKLETOE would have beaten ZENTANGLE had the incident not occurred.
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: c62647e22451516b532aa7d4f9b43a54
informantnumber: A12319
horsename: ZENTANGLE
hearing_racingtype:
startdate: no date provided
newcharge:
plea:
penaltyrequired:
decisiondate: 26/06/2020
hearing_title: Wanganui JC 25 June 2020 - R 6 (instigating a protest) - Chair, Mrs N Moffatt
charge:
facts:
Following Race 6 (St Johns Club HWT) a protest was lodged pursuant to Rule 642(1) by Ms Nicholas alleging that horse number 2 (ZENTANGLE) or its rider placed 1st by the Judge interfered with the chances of horse number 6 (TALLYHO TWINKLETOE) placed 2nd by the Judge.
The information alleged interference in the home straight.
Judge's placings were:
1st ZENTANGLE (2)
2nd TALLYHO TWINKLETOE (6)
3rd BAD BOY BROWN (10)
4th MONDORANI (5)
The official margin was a nose.
appealdecision:
isappeal:
submissionsfordecision:
Before hearing from both parties the head-on and side-on videos were played with Mr Goodwin identifying the two horses involved.
Ms Nicholas (TALLYHO TWINKLETOE) was racing to the inside of ZENTANGLE. She told the Committee that she received a slight bump from that runner which put her horse momentarily off stride. When asked by the Chair if the interference had affected her chances of beating ZENTANGLE she said “potentially it did”. Ms Nicholas explained that she thought they had finished in a dead heat. (After viewing the films a number of times during the hearing Ms Nicholas said she was less convinced that she would have beaten ZENTANGLE despite the contact.)
Mr Parker declined to give evidence but when questioned denied that his mount had moved inwards and bumped the 2nd placed horse.
Mr Myers was the trainer of the two horses involved in the protest. He said that both horses had drifted in towards the rail from an initial 6-wide position. He said Ms Nicholas was not forced to stop riding and the slight bump did not affect the stride of TALLYHO TWINKLETOE. He did not support the protest.
For the Stewards Mr Goodwin said that despite ZENTANGLE shifting in Ms Nicholas did not stop riding and ZENTANGLE was comfortably holding TALLYHO TWINKLETOE at the line.
reasonsfordecision:
Rule 642(1) states:
If a placed horse or its Rider causes interference within the meaning of this Rule 642 to another placed horse and the Judicial Committee is of the opinion that the horse so interfered with would have finished ahead of the first-mentioned horse had such interference not occurred, they may place the first mentioned horse immediately after the horse interfered with.
The Committee considered all the submissions. The rider of ZENTANGLE maintained that his mount had not run inwards however the head-on film clearly showed the two horses come together at approximately the 130m mark. TALLYHO TWINKLETOE kept a straight line and it was the mount of Mr Parker who moved in. Mr Parker also admitted to straightening his mount up at this point. It was the opinion of the Committee that while Ms Nicholas was not affected enough to stop riding, TALLYHO TWINKLETOE did in fact change stride when the two horses made contact.
Relegation is not automatic following interference. Taking into account the minor nature and consequences of the interference, and the manner in which both horses were finishing the race, the Committee was not convinced that TALLYHO TWINKLETOE would have beaten ZENTANGLE had the incident not occurred.
Decision:
Accordingly, the protest was dismissed and authorisation to pay dividends on the Judge's placings and stake money was approved.
sumissionsforpenalty:
reasonsforpenalty:
penalty:
hearing_type: Protest
Rules: 642(1)
Informant: Ms E Nicholas - Rider of TALLYHO TWINKLETOE
JockeysandTrainer:
Otherperson:
PersonPresent: Ms E Nicholas - Rider of TALLYHO TWINKLETOE, Mr D Parker - Rider of ZENTANGLE, Mr K Myers - Trainer of both ZENTANGLE and TALLYHO TWINKLETOE, Mr N Goodwin - Stipendiary Steward
Respondent: Mr K Myers - Trainer of ZENTANGLE
StipendSteward:
raceid: 4f11735a9b37aaa07ea675855787f433
race_expapproval:
racecancelled: 0
race_noreport: 0
race_emailed1: 0
race_emailed2: 0
race_title: R 6
submittochair:
race_expappcomment:
race_km:
race_otherexp:
race_chair:
race_pm1:
race_pm2:
meetid: 8b5677a3708cf694853da8411caee632
meet_expapproval:
meet_noreport: 0
waitingforpublication: 0
meet_emailed1: 0
meet_emailed2: 0
meetdate: 25/06/2020
meet_title: Wanganui JC - 25 June 2020
meet_expappcomment:
meet_km:
meet_otherexp:
tracklocation: wanganui-jc
meet_racingtype: harness-racing
meet_chair: NMoffatt
meet_pm1: none
meet_pm2: none
name: Wanganui JC