NZ Metro TC 14 November 2025 – R2 – Tim Williams

Respondent(s): Timothy Matthew Williams – Driver | Charge: Forcing another horse wider on the track | Outcome: Proved | EVIDENCE: Following the running of Race 2, Chief Stipendiary Steward Mr Nigel McIntyre presented an Information alleging a breach of Rule...

NZ Metro TC 14 November 2025 – R12 – Zachary Butcher

Respondent(s): Zachary Edward Butcher – Driver | Charge: Forcing another horse wider on the track | Outcome: Proved | EVIDENCE: Following the running of Race 12, Chief Stipendiary Steward Mr Nigel McIntyre presented an Information alleging a breach of Rule...

Manawatu HRC 13 November 2025 – R2 – Scott Dickson

Respondent(s): Scott George Dickson – Driver | Charge: Contravention of the Whip and Rein Regulations | Outcome: Proved | Background: Following the running of Race 2, the ‘Congratulations Emily Johnson Driving 100 Winners Mobile Pace’ an Information was lodged...

Ashburton TC 13 November 2025 – R11 – David McCormick

Respondent(s): David Douglas Mccormick – Driver | Charge: Careless Driving | Outcome: Proved | EVIDENCE: Following the running of Race 11, Stipendiary Steward Mr Shane Renault presented an Information alleging a breach of Rule 869(3)(b) by Open Driver Mr David...

Ashburton TC 13 November 2025 – R6 – Richard Alfeld

Respondent(s): Richard John Alfeld – Driver | Charge: Using whip with more than a wrist flicking motion | Outcome: Proved | EVIDENCE: Following the running of Race 6, Stipendiary Steward Mr Shane Renault presented an Information alleging a breach of the Whip...

NZ Metro TC 11 November 2025 – R12 – Luke McCarthy

Respondent(s): Luke McCarthy – Driver | Charge: Using whip in more than a wrist only flicking motion | Outcome: Proved | Following the running of Race 12, IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup, Open Driver (Australia), Luke McCarthy, admitted a breach of the Whip Rules...

NZ Metro TC 11 November 2025 – R1 – Paul Nairn

Respondent(s): Paul Christopher Nairn – Driver | Charge: Using whip free of the rein | Outcome: Proved | Following the running of Race 1, Saunders Robinson Brown Trot, Open Driver, Paul Nairn, admitted a breach of the Whip Rules in that, as the Driver of TU...

NZ Metro TC 11 November 2025 – R10 – Ben Hope

Respondent(s): Ben Thomas Hope – Driver | Charge: Careless Driving | Outcome: Proved | Following the running of Race 10, Renwick Farms Dominion Trot (Group 1), Open Driver, Ben Hope, as the Driver of MUSCLE MOUNTAIN in the race, admitted a charge that he “drove...

NZ Metro TC 11 November 2025 – R8 – Samantha Ottley

Respondent(s): Samantha Jane Ottley – Driver | Charge: Using whip in a continuous manner | Outcome: Proved | Following the running of Race 8, Woodlands Stud Sires’ Stakes Final (Group 1), Open Driver, Samantha Ottley, defended a breach of the Whip Rules in that,...

NZ Metro TC 11 November 2025 – R7 – Kimberly Butt

Respondent(s): Kimberly Anne Butt – Driver | Charge: Breach of Pushout Rule | Outcome: Proved | Following the running of Race 7, Garrards Horse & Hound Handicap Trot, Open Driver, Kimberly Butt, admitted a charge that, as the Driver of EUROSTYLE in the race,...