Stewards Report

CANBERRA HARNESS RACING CLUB

FRIDAY 21 JUNE 2022

STEWARDS REPORT

 

 

Stewards	Shaun Snudden (Chairman), T Sharwood, E Turner (Cadet)
Starter	P Forbutt
Veterinarian	Dr S Sabourin
Swab Official	S Garling
Track	Fast
Weather	Fine

 

RACE 1 – OSKAR MEMORIAL PACE – 1770 metres

CAN CAN DANCER– Pre race blood test. Post race swab.

CAESARS ROCKSTAR– Caught wide in the early and middle stages of the event before working forward to find the position outside of the leader passing the 1250 metres.

EASE UP MOBY– Raced roughly shortly after the start.

FORANEYE – Caught wide in the early stages before being restrained in the middle stages to the tail of field passing the 1000 metres. Had a tendency to over race throughout the event.

 

RACE 2 – TAB LONG MAY WE PLAY PACE – 1770 metres

MY ULTIMATE CHEVRON NZ- Pre race blood test. Trainer Jarrod Alchin was fined $50 under Rule 268A(1) for failing to record any gear for the gelding. Post race swab.

BLACK ART NZ – In the early stages of the event the head check bit became dislodged from the horse’s mouth.

CRIME TIME– Approaching the 150 metres the off side front carrying strap of the hopples broke. An inspection of the hopples indicated they were of good condition.

KALYPSO KING– Raced roughly rounding the final turn.

TO THE LOOKOUT– Commenced to improve three wide passing the 950 metres.  

 

RACE 3 – AV STONE MARBLE & GRANITE PACE – 1770 metres

ALTA CLASSIC – Post race swab.

SATIN BANYULA– Slow to begin from the mobile.

ALBERIO– Pre race blood test.

LA TOISON DOR– Caught wide in the early stages before working forward to find a position outside the leader passing the 1300 metres.

 

RACE 4 – J W O’SULLIVAN & SONS PACE – 2170 metres

NIGHT TO REMEMBER– Worked forward to find the lead passing the 2000 metres.

HEAR COMES BOBBY- Pre race blood test. Raced roughly before becoming unbalanced and breaking gait passing the 350 metres. In view of the geldings recent record HERE COMES BOBBY will be required to perform one re – qualifying trial.

CRIME DONT PAY- Post race swab.

THE TALK– Caught wide in the early stages of the event before working forward to find a position outside the leader passing the 1600 metres.

PRINCE SYNTAX– Raced roughly passing the 150 metres. Driver Bryce McElhinney was fined $200 under rule 156(2)(a) for applying the whip in a more than wrist only flicking motion over the concluding stages of the event. Mr McElhinney was also cautioned for applying the whip to the sulky disc after the line.

 

RACE 5 – EXQUISITE JEWELLERS KIPPAX TROTTERS MOBILE – 1770 metres

JUNGLE SPIDER– Worked forward to the lead passing the 1300 metres.

THE GOLD STANDARD NZ- Pre race blood test. Caught wide in the early stages before finding a position in the running line passing the 1450 metres.

DAIMYO– Became unbalanced and broke gait rounding the first turn. In view of the horses recent record a warning was issued againstDAIMYO.

PARIS KAY– Improved three wide passing the 800 metres. Post race swab.

CRITICAL ADVANTAGE– Improved three wide from the 1000 metres before finding a position outside the leader passing the 800 metres.

ERATIGENA – Raced roughly rounding the final turn before breaking passing the 200 metres. In view of the mare’s recent record a warning was issued against ERATIGENA.

 

RACE 6 – GLEN MIA SADDLERY (ACT) PTY LTD MAIDEN PACE – 1770 metres

LLANFAIR RUMOURS – Broke in the score up and caused a false start. In view of the mare’s recent LLANFAIR RUMOURS was placed on its last chance in the draw. An inquiry into the whip use of driver Blake Micallef over the concluding stages of the event has been adjourned until the 28^th of June 2022.

SAPPHIRE ROCK- Post race swab.

GREY STONEBRIDGE– Hung in after the start. Caught wide in the early stages before working forward to find a position outside the leader passing the 1400 metres.

INTHEBLINKOFANEYE– Broke in the score up. In view of the mare’s recent record a warning was issued against INTHEBLINKOFANEYE. Became unbalanced and broke passing the 200 metres. In view of the mare’s recent record a warning was issued against INTHEBLINKOFANEYE.

CHOCOLATE DELIGHT- Pre race blood test. The starter called a false start when CHOCOLATE DELIGHT galloped in the score up and he was of the opinion that it had checked INTHEBLINKOFANEYEcausing it to gallop. Uponreview of the films it was established that CHOCOLATE DELIGHT galloped andINTHEBLINKOFANEYEgalloped free of interference and therefore not the fault of CHOCOLATE DELIGHT. In view of the gelding only having its second race start CHOCOLATE DELIGHT will now be excluded from the mobile barrier draw.

LUCKY RAIDER– Checked and broke passing the 200 metres as a result of INTHEBLINKOFANEYE breaking gait.

SINGLE SHOT – Improved three wide passing the 1050 metres.

 

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT – CANBERRA 20/06/2022

RACE 6 – GLEN MIA (ACT) PTY LTD MAIDEN PACE

LLANFAIR RUMOURS – Driver Blake Micallef was fined $200 under Rule 156(2)(a) for applying his whip in more than a wrist only flicking motion over the concluding stages of the event.

 

 

RACE 7 – ACT TYREPOWER BELCONNEN 2LTW PACE – 1770 metres

LULU LUCIFER- Pre race blood test. Tightened shortly after the start as a result of ZOSHADY hanging in at that stage contacted marker pegs and broke.

ZOSHADY- Shortly after the start hung in and then hung out and had her sulky contacted by MY COURTELL. Commenced to tire passing the 600 metres to be beaten 112.4 metres. In view of the mare’s recent record ZOSHADY will be required to perform one re – qualifying trial. Post event trainer / driver Anne Walshaw reported that the hood on ZOSHADY had become torn and had worked over the eyes of ZOSHADY.   

MY COURTELL– Contacted the sulky of ZOSHADY rounding the first turn when that mare hung out and as a result was checked and broke.

NOWHERENEAR CRAZY– Caught three wide in the early stages of the event and raced wide for the remainder of the event. Passing the 400 metres became unbalanced and broke gait. In view of the recent record of the gelding NOWHERENEAR CRAZY will be required to perform one re qualifying trial. Stewards questioned driver Mick Sullivan into the tactics adopted in tonight’s event of particular concern to the stewards was the decision of Mr Sullivan remaining racing in a three wide position for the entire event. Mr Sullivan stated that he thought he would have been able to progress forward to find the position outside the leader as he believed EM POWERED would have been happy to take cover. Although the pace of the race was quite solid in the early stages of the event Mr Sullivan believed that if he kept working forward he would be able to find the position outside the leader passing the 1000 metres however this did not eventuate. When considering evidence, Stewards believed that Mr Sullivan had erred in his judgement and had an opportunity to restrain one length passing the 1200 metres to a position in the running line when it was apparent that the position outside the leader was not available to give his horse some respite considering it had already done a considerable amount of work, however believed that Mr Sullivan’s drive was not culpable to the degree to warrant any further action to be taken and his comments were noted.

DON ARTHUR– Post race swab.

EM POWERED- Raced roughly entering the back straight on the final occasion before becoming unbalanced and breaking gait passing the 450 metres. The gelding again broke gait passing the 150 metres. In view of the recent record of the gelding EM POWERED will be required to perform one re – qualifying trial. Connections advised that EM POWERED would now be spelled and as a result was stood down for a period of 28 days.

 

 

SUMMARY
Reprimands	Nil
Fines	Race 2 – J Alchin – Rule 268A(1) - $50 – MY ULTIMATE CHEVRON NZ Race 4 – B McElhinney – Rule 156(2)(a) - $200 – PRINCE SYNTAX
Suspensions	Nil
Barrier Information	Race 6 – CHOCOLATE DELIGHT – ODM
Trials/Stand Down	Race 4 – HERE COMES BOBBY – Rule 63(2) – 1 trial Race 7 – NOWWHERENEAR CRAZY - Rule 63(2) – 1 trial Race 7 – EM POWERED – Rule 63(2) – 28 days & 1 trial Race 7 – ZOSHADY – Rule 63(2) – 1 trial
Late Scratching	Nil
Adjourned Inquiries	Race 6 – B Micallef – Whip use – Follow up 28.06.22
Medical Clearance	Nil
Follow up’s	Nil