Taiki Yanagida Coronial report

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How long has this taken fgs..must be due out soon?

Will the report be damning of RIB's lack of action wrt 'competitive riding'?

Aka "steering horses into other horses"

Highly dangerous to both jockey/horse I would've thought

Does the industry need to have a serious discussion about this practice?

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So the report is now out and it appears the RIB have taken some remedial measures ( aka satisfying the Coroner's office it looks as if they're doing something but not really)

For example why didn't the RIB charge Jasmine Fawcett with RECKLESS riding last week for trying to force a gap for almost 100 metres?

Where they said " we allow competitive riding but not for that long"

Or Pinn for FOUL riding when clearly elbowing Fawcett...instead of "you're lucky we didn't charge you"

Did the RIB inform the Coroner that "NZ national days" also means 6 days for a Sth Island jockey could in fact be just 2 in reality?

Bet they didn't

Here's the RIB 10 point plan

"Rider penalties – Concern that penalties issued to riders are an insufficient deterrent for 
reoffending (especially when considering Weatherley’s previous charges up to and including 
the day of the incident). It was recommended that a review of penalties and their 
effectiveness takes place, with consideration as to whether stricter stand down periods and 
fines would be appropriate.
Other considerations included could the incident have been avoided if Weatherley’s 
suspension in Race 4 was effective immediately, therefore not enabling him to ride in Race Cor10 CSU-2022-HAM-000352
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CS0010
Mandatory post-incident drug and alcohol testing – Supported by other jockeys for safety 
reasons, but noting the logistics of mandatory drug testing is not straight-forward with 
accredited personnel not immediately available to attend every race-day meeting. Further 
consideration to identify how a mandatory post-incident drug and alcohol testing regime 
could be structured.

Racing Integrity Unit steward’s induction manual – This requires a full revision to include 
improvements that meet “best practice”, including the provisions about serious injury 
response planning being a priority, an incident checklist to aid an efficient and timely 
response, and improving and maintaining radio communications until after the completion 
of the last race. Development to include testing to ensure best practice and deliver a training 
package for existing stewards and new employees.

Next of kin register – To be readily available, with key contact information in order to 
maintain communications with a jockey’s immediate family members post-incident.
Club Health and Safety Procedures – Currently no oversight of club procedures and NZTR
to explore options for affiliated clubs’ health and safety policy and practice documents.
Preservation of evidence – RIB to develop guidelines for track personnel in relation to 
maintaining the security and chain of evidence for equipment / exhibits following a serious
incident that will likely be the subject of an investigation.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) checks – Introduction of clear standards of what PPE 
is required, ensure jockeys have clear guidelines and minimum standards, supported by an 
audit register of all PPE checks.

Clearance from rider falls – Work being undertaken by NZTR regarding concussion reviews, 
whether to extend to track work riding, and the need for medical clearance to return to riding.

Significant Event Response – A Racing Incident Significant Event Response checklist has 
been drafted and under review for use by RIB. The intention of this document is to assist 
the Chair of Stewards with a framework for assessing, coordinating, leading and managing 
a serious incident response in conjunction with the racing club and race track personnel. 
However, this is not designed to mitigate or assume responsibility over other entities’ 
relevant HSWA obligations and/or responses to an incident.

Collaboration of Industry Stakeholders – Noting the importance of industry collaboration to 
understand any lessons and learnings following serious incidents, make meaningful safety 
improvements to protect those working in the racing industry, and review of the existing 
Health Safety and Wellbeing Committee to be fit for purpose with regular meetings to review 
serious incidents and implementation of proposed safety actions."

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One alarming aspect was a communication the RIB had with a helmet manufacturer

Ffs, just ban them from supplying the industry...simply outrageous behaviour

"All agencies were bound to exercise a degree of caution in relation to ARRO Helmets on the 
basis of that entity not being truly independent and being a NZ-based market competitor. 
One particular engagement from ARRO to RIB was termed unhelpful and bordering on 
offensive."