Riccarton Park – Canterbury JC 25 January 2025 – R5 – Terri Rae
ID: RIB51002
Animal Name:
Candycane
Code:
Thoroughbred
Race Date:
25/01/2025
Race Club:
Canterbury Jockey Club
Race Location:
Riccarton Park - 165 Racecourse Road, Christchurch,
Race Number:
R5
Hearing Date:
25/01/2025
Hearing Location:
Riccarton Park, Christchurch
Outcome: Proved
Penalty: Class A Trainer, Terri Rae, fined $150
BACKGROUND:
Licensed Class A Trainer, Terri Rae, was charged with a breach of Rule 616(4) in that she presented CANDYCANE, trained by her, to race in Race 5, Brian Wilson – Happy Retirement Rating 75, “in blinkers instead of the notified side winkers”.
Ms Rae had signed the Information “I do admit a breach of the rule” and “I do not wish to be present at the hearing of the Information”.
Rule 616 provides:
(4) When permission has been obtained in accordance with sub-Rule (2) of this Rule 616 for the use of an item or items of Notifiable Gear on a horse, such item or items of Notifiable Gear will continue to be used without variation on the horse concerned in consecutive subsequent Races unless permission has been obtained from a Stipendiary Steward before the horse is accepted or is deemed to be accepted for a subsequent Race, or the Trainer is otherwise approved or instructed by a Stipendiary Steward to change or adjust the Notifiable Gear that is to be used for that horse.
EVIDENCE:
Stipendiary Steward, Mark Davidson, said that upon being presented to the plate inspection area prior to Race 5, it was noticed that CANDYCANE, trained by Ms Rae, had been presented in blinkers instead of the notified side winkers.
DECISION:
The charge having been admitted, it is deemed proved.
PENALTY SUBMISSIONS:
Mr Davidson said that this was the fourth breach by Ms Rae in the 120-day period. It was, therefore, outside the scope of the MIN Scheme and an Information had been filed. He submitted that a fine in excess of the $100 Minor Infringement penalty was appropriate.
REASONS FOR PENALTY:
The Minor Infringement Schedule provides that an Information be filed if the person alleged to have committed the breach, has already committed two or more breaches of the same Rule in the preceding 120 days. This is Ms Rae’s fourth breach in that period.
The penalty/fine for a “notifiable gear” breach is $100 for a second breach. An uplift is appropriate for this, a fourth breach.
CONCLUSION:
Class A Trainer, Terri Rae, is fined the sum of $150.
Decision Date: 25/01/2025
Publish Date: 28/01/2025