25-31 December 2023
Date: 01/01/2024

Driver Penalties

A Cameron | Westport 26 December; use of whip; suspended 30 December – 1 January inclusive. 

S Thornley | Westport 26 December; contacted track marker; fined $100. 

M Purvis | Westport 26 December; use of whip; fined $300. 

R Close | Westport 28 December; careless driving; suspended 2-6 January inclusive. 

B Borcoskie | Westport 28 December; breach of push out rule; suspended 8-14 January inclusive. 

P Nairn | Westport 28 December; failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures; suspended 31 December – 21 January inclusive.  

S Thornley | Westport 28 December; failed to take all reasonable and permissible measures; suspended 30 December – 7 January inclusive. 

N Delany | Waikato Bay of Plenty 29 December; use of whip; suspended 5-26 January inclusive. 

R Harrison | Banks Peninsula 29 December; careless driving; suspended 8-16 January inclusive. 

K Cameron | Reefton 30 December; contacted track markers; fined $100. 

Trainer Penalties 

M Purvis | Westport 26 December; failed to affix bandage so as not to come adrift; fined $100. 

B Gray | Gore 27 December; incorrect gear; fined $100. 

J Douglas | Gore 27 December; incorrect gear; fined $100. 

R Austin | Banks Peninsula 29 December; failed to affix gear so as not to come adrift; fined $100. 

B Hope | Reefton 30 December; failed to affix gear so as not to come adrift; fined $100. 

Horse Penalties 

TRAIL BOSS | Gore 27 December; late scratching after breaking twice in score-ups; must complete mobile start trial.  

MOUTON CADET | Westport 28 December; broke in running; must complete trial.  

AR GEE RULZ | Westport 28 December; broke in running; must complete trial. 

THE FINISHER | Banks Peninsula 29 December; broke in running; must complete trial. 

SOLEMN SON | Reefton 30 December; bucked in early stages; must complete standing start trial. 

TOM BRADY | Reefton 30 December; broke in running; must complete trial. 

CORZIN HAVICK | Reefton 30 December; broke in running; must complete trial. 

KINK | Reefton 30 December; broke in running; must complete trial. 

WEBS REACTOR | Reefton 30 December; unsatisfactory performance; must complete trial. 

D J ROCK | Auckland 31 December; atrial fibrillation; veterinary clearance including ECG required and must complete trial. 

Protests 

MAINBOCHER | Banks Peninsula 29 December; lapped on; relegated from 4th to 5th. 

FLYAWAY | Banks Peninsula 29 December; denied a fair start; declared a non-runner. 

GOD OF THUNDER | Reefton 30 December; unsatisfactory manners prior to start; declared a non-runner. 

RAPID RESPONSE | Reefton 30 December; denied a fair start; declared a non-runner.