Stewards Report

Albion Park Harness

Date: Friday, 22 March 2024

Track: Good

Weather: Cloudy

Stewards Panel: N. Torpey (Chair) │ S. Shinn | J. Cremin | R. Ride | A. Dowsett

Officials: Dr S. Flynn (Veterinarian) │ A. Rayward (Judge) │ J. Brown (Assistant Judge) │ J. Suli & J. Petersen (Starters) │ K. Warwick (Sample Collection Official)

Race 1 - WOLF SIGNS MAIDEN TROT 2138M

Dollys Duke – Broke gait at the start. The gelding will be excluded from the barrier draw in future mobile events until Stewards are satisfied it can perform in the desired manner.

Race 2 – SELECTIVE MOTORS ALBION PACE            1660M

Our Ultimate Ruby – Held up for clear running rounding the home turn and early stages of the straight.

Prospectus – Was restrained to the rear of the field after being caught wide in the early stages.

Getaloadathisbro – Raced roughly after the start.

Race 3 - KELATO ANIMAL HEALTH PACE      1660M

Bettys Gold Class – Hung in on the turns and near the 300 m again hung in resulting in the sulky contacting marker posts. A warning was issued.

Zena Rhayne Bow – Inclined to hang out after the start.

Race 4 - LUNCHBOX LODGE SPELLING FARM PACE 2138M

Three Parts Grey – Broke gait near the 1800m. Raced roughly throughout the event. Given the horse's previous record in this regard the mare will be placed on its last chance to race truly.

Jogalong Coop – Broke gait at the start. The gelding will be excluded from the barrier draw in future mobile events until Stewards are satisfied it can perform in the desired manner.

Lets Go Bailey – Gave ground after racing outside of the leader finishing in 8th position beaten 42.8 metres. An examination by the veterinarian subsequent to the race found no abnormalities at time of examination. When questioned driver confirmed his disappointment with the gelding's performance and could offer no tangible explanation other than to suggest it was not suited by the distance of today’s race.

Beach On Fire – Inconvenienced after the start. Inconvenienced again near the 1800 m

Race 5 – GARRARDS HORSE AND HOUND PACE      1660M

Justrollingaround – The near-side sulky tyre deflated during the event. Driver fined whip outside sulky confines.

Majorita Jujon – Was restrained to the rear of the field after being caught wide in the early stages.

Go Colour My World NZ– Checked and broke near the 300 m.

General: Damon Watson (Justrollingaround) was fined $200 for allowing his whip to protrude outside the sulky confines near the 300 m which resulted in Go Colour My World NZ (Shane Graham) having to eased wider by the driver causing Go Colour My World NZ to become unbalanced and break gait. (AHR.167(7)).

Race 6 - STUART VALENTINE BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE PACE            2138M

Jet Force - Was restrained to the rear of the field after being caught wide in the early stages.

Cruz Joshua – Raced wide in the middle stages before working forward to the position in the lead.

Party Changer – Dislodged is off-side knee boot during the event.

Race 7 – PSP FRIDAY FRENZY UP TO NR90 PACE     1660M

Regulus – Held up for clear running rounding the home turn and early stages of the straight.

Firestorm Red – Raced wide in the early stages before working forward to the position in the lead.

Race 8 - LADBROKES BLACKBOOK UP TO NR70 HEAT 5     1660M

Its Back Page News NZ– Shifted in and contacted a marker post near the 300 m when under pressure and yielding ground.

Baz NZ – Shifted out on the turn into the front straight near the 200m.

Sir Brigadoon – Was caught wide in the early stages before working forward to the position outside of the leader.

Arkin Wicked – Inconvenienced when caught behind tiring Its Back Page News NZ leaving the 300 m.

Race 9 - AQWA CONSTRUCTIONS PACE        1660M

Fias Charm – Raced roughly for a short distance after the start.

Our Ultimate Ivy Nz - Was restrained to the rear of the field after being caught wide in the early stages.

Elegant Grooves - Was restrained to the rear of the field after being caught wide in the early stages.

Swabs samples taken for analysis

Pre-race

R4        Three Parts Grey

R5        Arts Peregrine

R6        Deep Regret

R7        Major Jellis NZ

R8        Mach Assassin

R9        Shes Fullofspirit NZ      

Post-race

All winners

Race day Summary

Scratchings

R2        Charlevoix         - Veterinary reasons (L/Scr)

R6        Cyclone Tony    - Veterinary reasons

R8        Alta Equus        - Veterinary reasons

Licensee Actions

R5        Damon Watson - $200 fine – whip outside sulky confines – AHR.156(7)

Animal Actions

R1        Dollys Duke      - ODM

R4        Jogalong Coop  - ODM

Supplementary

Adjourned from Redcliffe Race 2, March 7 2024

Stewards Panel

S Shinn (Chair), R Ride

Stewards today concluded an inquiry adjourned from Redcliffe Race 2, March 7, 2024. On that day evidence was taken from Lola Weidemann, driver of Junior Ryan, regarding the manner in which the gelding was driven out over the concluding stages. After viewing the official race videos from each available angle, most helpfully the head on in the run to the finish, Stewards were able to ascertain that throughout the run to the finish Ms Weidemann had, with minimum required pauses, urged Junior Ryan using her left hand rein for the majority of the home straight. During the adjournment Stewards obtained an Intelligence Report into the betting activity on the race which concluded that ‘based on the data sets examined it is doubtful that a correlation between Lola Weidemann’s drive and wagering endured’.

Today Ms Weidemann added that in the race in question Junior Ryan was required to make two moves in the race which may not have suited the lightly raced gelding as in comparison to its winning performance the gelding was held to only one run over the latter stages of that race. She added that although she didn’t resort to using her whip in the run to the finish, she is confident that driving the gelding out in the manner she did produced the optimum effort of Junior Ryan under the circumstances.

Having considered the evidence in totality, Stewards were comfortable that Ms Weidemann had driven out Junior Ryan within the rules, albeit without resorting to using the whip for encouragement. This finding not withstanding, Stewards advised Ms Weidemann that they expect Junior Ryan to be driven out in a similar manner under similar circumstances.

 

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