NZ Metro TC 19 June 2022 – R6 – HAZER
ID: RIB9532
Animal Name:
HAZER
Code:
Harness
Race Date:
19/06/2022
Race Club:
NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc
Race Location:
Addington Raceway - 75 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, 8024
Race Number:
R6
Hearing Date:
19/06/2022
Hearing Location:
Addington Raceway - 75 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington, Christchurch, 8024
Outcome: Protest Upheld
Penalty: HAZER is relegated from 2nd to 4th placing
Summary of Facts:
Following the running of Race 6, Stipendiary Steward Mr Shane Renault instigated a protest into the 2nd placed runner HAZER alleging a breach of Rule 870(5), namely that “ HAZER galloped across the finish line in 2nd place and was lapped on by the 3rd placed and 4th placed horses SOVIET STAR and KATHERINE.”
Rule 870 (5) provides:
Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-rule (4) hereof any horse which is not in the correct gait when its nose reaches the finish line and which is lapped on by any other horse or horses in the correct gait shall be placed by the Adjudicative Committee behind such horse or horses provided that where such mentioned horse is not in its correct gait as a result of interference to such horse or its driver, then (subject to Rule 869A) such relegation of the horse shall be at the discretion of the Adjudicative Committee.
The Respondent Mrs Tomlinson was not present at the hearing and had indicated on the Information the protest was not contested.
The provisional placings are:
1st No 5
2nd No 7
3rd No 3
4th No 4
The official margins were: 3/4 Length – Hd – Neck – 1 Length
Submissions For Decision:
Stipendiary Steward Mr Renault stated that near the 30 metres HAZER, who was finishing fast in the middle of the track, paced roughly and approximately 10 metres from the finish, galloped free of interference and continued to gallop across the finishing post. He said both the 3rd and 4th placed horses were lapped on at the post.
Mr Renault said Stewards were seeking the relegation of HAZER from 2nd to 4th placing.
Reasons For Decision:
On reviewing the race films of the concluding stages of the race, it is apparent that HAZER broke and galloped free of interference and was lapped on by both SOVIET STAR and KATHERINE at the finish line.
Decision:
The protest is upheld and HAZER is relegated from 2nd to 4th placing.
The amended placings are:
1st No 5
2nd No 3
3rd No 4
4th No 7
5th No 2
In accordance with this decision, the payment of dividends is authorized.
Decision Date: 19/06/2022
Publish Date: 20/06/2022