John Oatham 'investigates' judge John Craig

[Freda]

Christchurch 

[Murray Fish]

in a tight finish I would like my horse to be trained to do this!

[Thomass]

At least Entain are showing instant photo lynx up past the post now

Looks as if they've got the probs of flashing wrongly angled cameras from HQ sorted as well

You'd certainly want to hide incompetent stuff ups like that up the wazoo

[Thomass]

So after 4 weeks the hopeless RIB finally get to 'investigate' the Kurow judge stuff up

"Kurow Jockey Club - Monday 30 December 2024 Race 10 - COUPLANDS WORKING DOGS R75 1400m Subsequent to the race day at Kurow on 30 December 2024, it was brought to the Stewards’ attention that there may be an error in the placings for Race 10.

On review of the evidence, the Stewards ascertained that the judge incorrectly placed the horses in third and fourth position.

The issue was raised with the Judge who accepted that an error had been made.

There are no provisions in the Rules for Stewards to amend Judges’ placings after the payment of dividends has commenced and accordingly the official placings will remain unchanged."

So this snugg fits the John Craig stuff up

Has the RIB now instigated a double check in the 'sole' judge stuff ups to avoid such in the future?

Oatham said "the Puke judge is too far away for us guys to observe the piks"

Just sort it, send a note to the stipes to run up and meet the judge...half way even

What price integrity of the CORRECT placings??

[Murray Fish]

https://loveracing.nz/RaceInfo/53265/10/Race-Detail.aspx

[Bill]

10 hours ago, Thomass said:

So after 4 weeks the hopeless RIB finally get to 'investigate' the Kurow judge stuff up

"Kurow Jockey Club - Monday 30 December 2024 Race 10 - COUPLANDS WORKING DOGS R75 1400m Subsequent to the race day at Kurow on 30 December 2024, it was brought to the Stewards’ attention that there may be an error in the placings for Race 10.

On review of the evidence, the Stewards ascertained that the judge incorrectly placed the horses in third and fourth position.

The issue was raised with the Judge who accepted that an error had been made.

There are no provisions in the Rules for Stewards to amend Judges’ placings after the payment of dividends has commenced and accordingly the official placings will remain unchanged."

So this snugg fits the John Craig stuff up

Has the RIB now instigated a double check in the 'sole' judge stuff ups to avoid such in the future?

Oatham said "the Puke judge is too far away for us guys to observe the piks"

Just sort it, send a note to the stipes to run up and meet the judge...half way even

What price integrity of the CORRECT placings??

Also an issue recently with the judge and his placings at Cambridge trots

Edited Monday at 07:14 AM by Bill

[Special Agent]

This reeks of the instant world.  I know everyone wants results quickly but these mistakes are bad all round.  A simple double check and triple check should be a prerequisite.  It's hard to call the results and the position official on the back of these events.

[Thomass]

10 hours ago, Special Agent said:

This reeks of the instant world.  I know everyone wants results quickly but these mistakes are bad all round.  A simple double check and triple check should be a prerequisite.  It's hard to call the results and the position official on the back of these events.

Funny you should mention "instant"

When John Craig was dribillerating over the Puke cockup he'd taken fully 6 minutes to sort all placings out before he posted the b/s result

Oatham made the excuse that the Puke Judges box is a long way from the Stipes, hence no input from RIB in this case, as often happens evidently

In that 6 minutes Brady could've walked up to the long drop and sorted out the spat between the 'Judge' and his camera operator 

What gets really interesting is the possibility that the Boxing Day inside camera for Yaldi's race, which was set at the wrong angle, could be the problem in this instance and contributing to the massive fight between the operator and 'judge'??

With the RIB still refusing to comment on both balls ups their "we're transparent" moniker isn't worth the toilet paper it's scribbled on