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By Special Agent · Posted
Bad luck if you ride a back runner on an "off" day. -
exactly. Well it's Not a consistent thing Mr Galah. Every case is different , so therefore gets different penalties. Here's a famous case from The Tasmanian Cup not that long ago . Very famous as the all clear was given , so Punters were paid , before the Foul driving was recognized lol 🤣 It Not only involves the dreaded kicking the horses legs but the dreaded Whip use rules as well.. The horse also shifted out in the home straight causing other drivers to protest. This Just Shows HOW HARD it is Mr Galah, to police the rules with what the drivers are doing in a race. (drivers on the roads are even worse lol 😅) . here's the extract with some interesting bits . Space> Stewards Panel: Ray Murrihy, Steven Shinn (Advisor), Ben Plunkett (Advisor) Name: Rhys Nicholson Track/Race: Elwick - 2021 Ladbrokes Tasmania Cup Final – Race 7 Date: 13th March 2021 Rule no: AHRR 174 (1) Where a driver is found guilty of an offence under a rule contained in part 9 and the offence relates to the way in which the driver has driven or behaved or controlled or failed to control the driver’s horse at the start or during a race, the Stewards in relation to the race in which the offence occurred may give the driver’s horse a lower placing or disqualify it for such period they think fit. (2) A disqualification under sub rule (1) or alteration of placings does not affect settlement of bets or wagers. Inquiry Decision: BULLYS DELIGHT is relegated from its first (1st) placing to fourteenth (14th) placing in the Ladbroke’s Tasmanian Pacing Cup Final conducted at Ladbrokes Park, Elwick on the 13th March 2021. FACTS: On 13th March 2021, the horse BULLYS DELIGHT contested and finished in first placing in the $75,000 Ladbrokes Tasmania Cup Final (the Race) over 2579 metres, conducted at Ladbrokes Park, Elwick, Tasmania. BULLYS DELIGHT was a 6-year-old gelding bred and raced in partnership by Mr Jim Kefalas and Mr Phillip Winder. The horse was trained by Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) licensed trainer Mr John Nicholson and was driven by his son Mr Rhys Nicholson who is also a trainer/driver licensed by HRV. All parties under the Australian Harness Racing Rules (the Rules) and more specifically AHRR 299 are deemed to have knowledge of and are bound by the Rules. Subsequent to the finish of the Race and before the declaration of the all-clear Mr Heath Woods driver of second placed THE SHALLOWS and Mr Conor Crook, driver of third placed LIP READER lodged protests against BULLYS DELIGHT being declared the winner on each of three grounds in the home straight, namely: (1) Interference by BULLYS DELIGHT shifting out, (2) Mr Rhys Nicholson dropping his right foot from the sulky stirrup and contacting the offside hind leg of BULLYS DELIGHT on numerous occasions (a practice known as hocking) and (3) Mr Rhys R Nicholson utilising his whip on a large number of occasions with more than a wrist only flicking motion, generating force from his shoulder and elbow. The Stewards dismissed all protests when they found: • Ground (1) Although BULLYS DELIGHT shifted out some distance in the run to the line the interference was minimal. Taking into account the finishing margins of 4.6m x 6.4m they could not be satisfied that had the interference not occurred the placings would have been affected. Grounds (2) & (3) Whilst finding that Mr Rhys Nicholson had “hocked” BULLYS DELIGHT on numerous occasions and had utilised his whip on numerous occasions outside what is prescribed under the Rules, they could not be comfortably satisfied that had this not occurred the placings would have changed. The all clear was given on the judge’s placings, however all parties were notified that an inquiry would be conducted as to whether AHRR 174(1) should be invoked. Later that night and following the final race on the programme Mr Rhys Nicholson pleaded guilty to two Stewards charges concerning his driving or behaviour in the home straight on the final occasion in the Race namely: • Charge (1): Under AHRR 168(1)(e) of improper driving in that he dropped his right foot from the sulky stirrup and deliberately made contact with the hind leg of BULLYS DELIGHT (hocking) on numerous occasions. • Charge (2): Under AHRR156(2)(a) of utilising his whip with more than a wrist only flicking motion whilst engaging force from the elbow and shoulder as well as failing to maintain a rein in each hand. Penalties: In determining the penalty Stewards took into account that the breaches occurred in a feature race, Mr Rhys Nicholson’s driving record and what they determined as his blatant disregard for the rules in both instances. • Charge (1) $2,000 fine plus drivers licence suspension of 4 race dates. • Charge (2) $1,000 fine plus drivers licence suspension of 8 race dates. No appeals have been lodged and the suspensions were ordered to be served cumulatively. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Talented stayer Lombardi (NZ) (Verdi) made a stylish return in his new preparation on Wednesday at Riccarton Park, putting away a tidy field in the Rangiora Equine Veterinary Services (1600m). The son of Verdi recorded a pair of victories through the spring and placed in the Listed Sothy’s Spring Classic (2000m) before racing ungenerously and fading in the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m). His trainer and co-owner Bruce Smith allowed the gelding some time in the paddock, before assembling a plan to get to the Listed Positive Signs and Print Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m), kicking off in the midweek contest. Richard Stomper (NZ) (El Roca) and Sprocket Rocket (NZ) (What’s The Story) battled for favouritism, with the former closing on top at $3, but his hopes were dwindled at the start when missing away by four lengths. Lombardi had also been a stride slow, but soon made up ground on the inside and settled into a rhythm for jockey Leah Hemi. Tide And Time (NZ) (Time Test) went straight to the lead and was tested first by Fellini (NZ) (Belardo), but by the 200m, Lombardi had swallowed up the leaders and began to draw away, powering through the line to score by 1-1/4 lengths. Richard Stomper made up a huge amount of ground to finish second ahead of Sprocket Rocket. Central Districts-based Hemi has been aboard the six-year-old in 11 of his 28 starts and praised the training effort of Smith. “It was a little bit uncharacteristic for him to pull in the Cup, but he’s had a bit of time away and Bruce has got him really on target,” she said. “He just feels amazing, this horse just keeps improving. Bruce knows what he’s doing, I don’t ever question him and he tells me to get on and away I go. He’s got him down pact. “He’s definitely one of them (her favourite horses).” With the Wingatui feature now firmly in his sights, Smith plans to take Lombardi to the Ashburton meeting on February 23, before taking on the $170,000 feature a week later. “He’s a nice horse, this is a stepping stone to where I’m going with him and he’s come back bigger and stronger,” Smith said. “We got a few things wrong last year, but I know how good he is, I think he’s a very nice horse. “He had a month and a half out at the owner’s place and he’s come back in, he hasn’t had a big prep just six or eight weeks at the max. He’s just jogged around at home. “He’ll go to Ashburton next and his long-term goal is the Dunedin Gold Cup and St Leger. “I’m going to have a bit of fun.” Now a winner of five races, Lombardi has earned more than $130,000 for Smith and the remainder of his ownership group, which includes breeder Angela Hutchinson. He was the first foal out of her Kingmaker mare Queen’s Pal, a full-sister to stakes performer Kings Pal. Hemi was back in the winner’s circle at short notice, winning the C S Stevens Memorial Banks Peninsula Cup (1100m) aboard South Of Houston. The Terri Rae-trained mare was coming out of the Listed Timaru Stakes (1200m) last start, and after settling in behind the speed early, she found the gap on the rail in the straight and held off La Bella Nera (NZ) (Sweynesse) to win by just shy of a length. “She drew one and there was quite a lot of speed outside us, so it was quite nice to get in the trail there,” Hemi said. “It took her a few strides to really come up underneath me, but when she got balanced up, she hit the line really nicely.” Owned by Monovale Holdings, South Of Houston has won five of her 18, and twice since joining Rae’s stable in the spring. View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
El Vencedor (NZ) (Shocking) has been an unstoppable force at Ellerslie, and while there are looming targets at northern headquarters for the gelding, a lucrative bonus and prize money on offer at Te Rapa this weekend have lured his connections south. The Stephen Marsh-trained six-year-old will line-up in the $700,000 Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) on Saturday where he will be chasing a share of the $500,000 on offer in the Rich Hill Champion Middle Distance Series. The son of Shocking currently sits in second place (seven points) on the leaderboard behind Snazzytavi (10 points), and with the in-form mare ruled out of Saturday’s contest and glamour mare Orchestral also not taking her place in the quality line-up, it opens a golden opportunity for El Vencedor to take control of the series as it heads into the business end of the competition. “It is a great series that is worth a lot of money, and he is going so well,” Marsh said. “The field has changed shape (with the withdrawal of Snazzytavi and Orchestral) in the last 48 hours, but it makes it a very open affair now.” El Vencedor heads into the weekend in good form, dominating his rivals in the Listed Fulton Family Stakes (1500m) at Ellerslie last weekend, extending his record to three wins from four starts at the Auckland venue, including victories in the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes and Gr.3 Balmerino Stakes (2000m), and placing in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day. The series will return to Ellerslie for the last two legs, the Gr.1 Sport Nation Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) and Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), and a solid performance on Saturday will put El Vencedor in a good position to claim the lion’s share of the $500,000 bonus on offer. “It is a $700,000 race on Saturday, it is a great bonus, and we are going to get a good track,” Marsh said. “Once his fitness is up and rolling, he holds his fitness well and races well.” Stablemate Mercurial (NZ) (Burgundy) will also be chasing a $500,000 bonus, but this time in the Sport Nation Champion Sprint Series. The Group One winner is looking to recapture form this weekend in the highly anticipated $500,000 Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m), but Marsh is more hopeful than confident after drawing barrier 12. “We were really desperate for an inside gate so he got all favours, but he has drawn a wide gate which is going to make it very tough for him,” Marsh said. Stablemates Bourbon Proof and Andiamo (NZ) (Vadamos) will also be in search of black-type success in the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) and Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) respectively. Marsh is particularly upbeat about the chances of Bourbon Proof who heads into Saturday’s contest off the back of a pleasing fourth placing behind Damask Rose (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m). “I am really happy with him,” Marsh said. “Getting him up over ground is the real key. It is a bit of a sticky gate (9) to negotiate, but he is going great guns and any amount of luck he will be right in it.” Prior to Saturday’s feature meeting, Marsh will head to Tauranga with half a dozen runners on Friday, including last start Gr.2 Levin Classic (1400m) placegetter Tardelli and last start winner Penman in the Aerocool Developments (1400m). “They are two very good three-year-olds that are on their way to better races,” Marsh said. “It is a five-horse field, but I think they are two quite exciting horses.” View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) has conquered all before him at age-group level in New Zealand, and on Saturday, the star colt will take on the older horses in a star-studded edition of the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m). In six starts as a three-year-old, Savaglee has won on five occasions, including the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), Gr.2 Sarten Memorial (1400m), Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Gr.2 Levin Classic (1400m), all with considerable ease. His owners The Oaks Stud, and Pam Gerard, who trains the gelding at Matamata, resisted the temptation of a $1.5 million prize on Karaka Millions Night in favour of the $500,000 feature, which gives a more favourable lead-in to a tilt at the A$1 million Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on March 1. The son of Savabeel had his final public appearance in an exhibition gallop last Friday at Te Rapa, where he will return this weekend to take on the likes of Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) and Australian raiders Busustow and Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking). “It was a nice day out and a bit of a hit out for him, he’s always pretty casual and never gives too much away,” Gerard said. “I’m happy with how he’s come away from that. “He’ll work in the morning and have a swim in the afternoon as usual for the next couple of days, it’s just keeping him ticking over. We’re just aiming to have him bright, healthy and happy. “He can do whatever he needs to do, he jumps and puts himself in the race, he can be back, forward, it doesn’t matter. He’s very adaptable, nothing needs to change.” As he has at every start this season, the colt will be ridden by Sam Spratt, and in the early TAB market, he is rated a $3.80 second favourite behind Grail Seeker ($2.30). Gerard’s stable will see plenty of the Kiwi countryside over the remainder of the week, with Reputation (NZ) (Iffraaj) heading to Tauherenikau and Harlech (NZ) (Darci Brahma) at Wingatui for respective stakes assignments. On Waitangi Day, Reputation will step out in the Listed NZB Clubs Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) after acquitting herself well against the likes of Snazzytavi (NZ) (Tavistock) and Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) in Group Two company in December. “It’s a tricky little race, it’s a big trip to get down there but it’s a nice chance for her to get some black-type,” Gerard said. “We’ve asked a lot of her this season, she’s raced well out of her grade and performed very well. This was probably one of the easier options for her, even though she’s had to travel a long way.” Harlech will take his place in the Listed Nellies Restaurant and Bar Hazlett Stakes (1400m) on Saturday in the deep south after a formidable campaign in Canterbury in the autumn last year, culminating in a win in the Easter Cup (1600m). “We had a bit of a hiccup before the Matamata Cup, nothing major, but we had to regroup with him,” Gerard said. “It was hard to find many starts up here in that grade in the open miles, so we’ve sent him down there. He’s been down for about three weeks now, we’re targeting the White Robe (Gr.3, 1600m) on the 1st of March and this is a nice lead-up. “He’s very well, he looks absolutely fantastic and loves it down there.” Closer to home on Friday, newcomer Fall For Cindy (NZ) (Sacred Falls) will make her debut in New Zealand at the Tauranga meeting. A winner of five races in Australia, Fall For Cindy won the Gr.3 Dark Jewel Stakes (1400m) last autumn, but after a quiet spring, owner Garry Chittick opted to bring the daughter of Sacred Falls across the Tasman in search of further black-type. “I’m still learning a bit about her, she’s very casual and laidback in her work,” Gerard said. “She’s going in without a trial, we had been looking to kick-off in the Lisa Chittick Plate (Listed, 1400m) at Matamata but she’s just caught me by surprise a bit in how laidback she has been. “When the noms were very light at Tauranga, we thought we’d give her a day out at the races and hopefully that will bring her on a little bit more, rather than just loafing around at home. “The 1200 could well be a little short and she’s got a bit of weight to carry, but if she can be hitting the line strongly, we’ll be happy with that result.” The mare will carry 58kg in the EMAC Electrical (1200m) courtesy of Triston Moodley’s two-kilogram claim, while her stablemate Lingjun Xiongfeng also lines up in the race, on an unconventional route to a middle-distance feature. “He’s another one we put in late, we couldn’t get a rider at 53kg unfortunately at Auckland last week,” Gerard said. “We are aiming him at the Kaimai Stakes (Listed, 2000m) at Matamata Breeders Day, he’s another horse with few races available for him and he needed to do something. With the light noms, we thought we’d pop him in and give him a hit out. “He loves Tauranga, it’s not ideal going from winning at 1600m back to 1200m and then up to 2000m the next start, so he’s really there for a day out. But we know what he can do, he’s pretty smart when he wants to be.” View the full article
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