race 2 ashburton-alan clark

[the galah]

Some may not be fans of mr clarks driving sometimes,but it seemed a bit of a stretch to see him suspended for 6 days for his drive on his 2 year old trotter imperial command yesterday.

Seemingly he diminished his horses chances by pressing on and trying to take the lead.Of all the drives hes done,they seem to have picked on one that looked nothing much out of the ordinary to me.

The strange thing is Mr Clark plead guilty,so with the benefit of hindsight must have agreed with the stipes.

And the penalty seemed a little unusual as well.He was suspended until 24 september,which they said was 6 days.

In the past they have based the length of suspensions on the number of recent drives for other drivers. For example an amateur recently got a 3 month suspension for a 6 day penalty. Mr Clark has only had 11 drives this year.

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by the galah

[Brodie]

1 hour ago, the galah said:

Some may not be fans of mr clarks driving sometimes,but it seemed a bit of a stretch to see him suspended for 6 days for his drive on his 2 year old trotter imperial command yesterday.

Seemingly he diminished his horses chances by pressing on and trying to take the lead.Of all the drives hes done,they seem to have picked on one that looked nothing much out of the ordinary to me.

The strange thing is Mr Clark plead guilty,so with the benefit of hindsight must have agreed with the stipes.

And the penalty seemed a little unusual as well.He was suspended until 24 september,which they said was 6 days.

In the past they have based the length of suspensions on the number of recent drives for other drivers. For example an amateur recently got a 3 month suspension for a 6 day penalty. Mr Clark has only had 11 drives this year.

 

Galah, does seem to be excessive penalty for Alan Clark’s drive.

It was only 1700metres and have seen so many much poorer drives from other drivers that result in no penalty whatsoever.
In many cases the driver on the pacemaker would have handed up to Mr Clark, but the fact that Brad Williamson didnt seems to be the contributing factor here!!!

Also not a supporter of Mr Clark when it comes to his ability to drive and he has driven so many more races worse than this one yesterday!

Personally believe he has been hard done by on this occasion.

The horse he drove actually went pretty well and if it keeps improving then there should be a win or two forthcoming.

[Chief Stipe]

2 hours ago, the galah said:

The strange thing is Mr Clark plead guilty,so with the benefit of hindsight must have agreed with the stipes.

 Nope.  If you plead not guilty and it is decided you are then the penalty is often more.

[the galah]

1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

 Nope.  If you plead not guilty and it is decided you are then the penalty is often more.

Just read his hearing decision on the RIU website.

It said because he had a clear record and admitted the charge he got 2 days off,so i assume the admitting the charge saved him one day suspension.

My opinion is similar to brodies. i.e.you see others do the same thing sometimes and not be charged. Still he did plead guilty. 

As far as the 6 day suspension including every canterbury and otago race meeting between yesterday and the 24th of september,well that seems strange given Mr clark has only had 11 drives so far this year.They said they factored in the 2 year old having broken its pedal bone 5 or 6 months ago.From which you can only conclude,that to include every  upcoming meeting, they must have believed the 2yo trotter was to be given 6 starts in the next 3 weeks. How come other drivers can't say that when their penalties are considered?

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by the galah

[Rangatira]

2 hours ago, Brodie said:

The horse he drove actually went pretty well and if it keeps improving then there should be a win or two forthcoming.

Surely it won't win as many as the one named after you me old mate

[Rangatira]

7 minutes ago, Rangatira said:

Surely it won't win as many as the one named after you me old mate