QUEENSLANDRACING INTEGRITY COMMISSION
 
STEWARDS REPORT
 
BRISBANE RACING CLUB
 
DOOMBEN – WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST 2018
 
WEATHER – FINE               RAIL – 11M                           PENETROMETER – 4.85 
TRACK RATING – GOOD 4/GOOD 3 (Retrospective to Race 1)               
 
OFFICIALS
 
Chairman of Stewards – M. Knibbs
Stewards – P. Zimmermann, L. Hicks, B. Connell
Clerk of Scales – C. Albrecht
Judge – M. Mawhinney, R. Thomas, A. Redding
Veterinarian – Dr A. Murdoch
Swab Attendants – S. Heidke, R. Gonchee, A. Schofield
Starter – R. Smith, P. Cousins
Stewards Secretary – W. Ostrofski
 
GENERAL
 
As J. Lloyd was indisposed due to illness, riding replacements were made as per the Stewards Race Day Summary.
 
Race 1: MOUNT FRANKLIN MAIDEN PLATE – 1660M
 
As R. Maloney was to be overweight, L. Cassidy was substituted as the rider of THE PONY. R. Maloney was fined $200.
 
SLAUGHTER BAY – After being caught wide in the early stages, was ridden forward to settle outside the lead near the 1200m. Cast the near hind plate in running.
 
Following the running of this event the track was upgraded to GOOD 3, retrospective to the race.
 
Race 2: SMIRNOFF QTIS 3YO BENCHMARK 65 H’CAP – 1660M
 
BACCARAT BABY – Overraced when the pace was only steady in the early stages.
 
CURSE FREE – Became unbalanced near the 900m and lost some ground. Hung in in the home straight.
 
UBER MOVER – Overraced in the early stages before shifting wider near the 1300m and permitted to stride forward to the lead passing the 1100m.

 
Race 3: #MEKKA CLASS 4 H’CAP – 1200M
 
PINCH MOUNTAIN – Lost the near fore plate in running.
 
SUZY’S ROSE – Tightened for room on jumping. Held up on straightening until the 200m.
 
STAR JUSTICE – Tightened for room on jumping. Had to be restrained approaching the 1000m when placed in restricted room by LOVE BATTLES which shifted in whilst hanging in. M. Shimodaira, the rider of LOVE BATTLES, was reprimanded.
 
Race 4: BUNDABERG RUM MAIDEN PLATE – 1050M
 
ACEPLAY – Tightened for room at the start and lost ground before overracing badly in the early stages, having to be checked from heels near the 750m. Bumped with another runner on a number of occasions after leaving the 600m until approaching the 400m.
 
CLUB SODA – Raced wide without cover throughout the event. Hung out rounding the home turn and under pressure in the straight.
 
OMORFOS – Lost a front plate in running.
 
GRACE OF MONACO – Hung out rounding the home turn and under pressure in the straight. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no abnormalities.
 
THUNDEROUS STRIKE – Slow to begin.
 
CASUAL WITNESS – Raced wide throughout and from the 600m until approaching the 400m was bumped, became awkward on a number of occasions and was then inclined to hang out. Returned to the enclosure with a minor laceration to the front of the near fore pastern.
 
Race 5: TRADEMUTT CLASS 3 PLATE – 2240M
 
MONACO SNOB – Held up in the early stages of the home straight. Had to be steadied when placed in restricted room approaching the winning post.
 
SKY ONE – Held up for clear running from the 400m until approaching the 100m and became awkward at that point when securing clear running. Had to be steadied when placed in restricted room approaching the winning post. Jockey M. McGillivray was questioned regarding his riding near the 600m when it appeared he may have had opportunity to shift wider on the track when AMTHAAL was improving to his outside. He explained that approaching the 600m, when AMTHAAL improved around him, he endeavoured to shift outside the heels of LUCY LE ROC, however his mount did not quicken despite his urgings, which allowed AMTHAAL to improve around him, resulting in his mount then being held up at the heels of LUCY LE ROC on straightening and failing to obtain clear running for the majority of the home straight. After reviewing the race footage, stewards were satisfied with jockey McGillivray’s explanation.
 
AMTHAAL – Raced wide from the 700m without cover.
 
LUCY LE ROC – Raced wide in the early stages whilst inclined to hang in.
 
TEMPA MENTAL – Shifted wider to improve from the 800m and raced wide without cover from that point onwards.
 
Race 6: BILLY J BOUTIQUE BENCHMARK 75 H’CAP – 1660M
 
IDLE SITUATION – Raced wide in the early stages before being permitted to race forward and obtain a position outside the lead passing the 1000m.
 
MURAQABA – Slow to begin.
 
FUTURE EVENT – Jumped awkwardly and lost ground. Had some difficulty securing clear running in the early stages of the home straight and became awkward at heels.
 
DON’T WE LOVE IT – Slow to begin. Overraced when the pace slackened leaving the 1400m. B. Pengelly was fined $200 for using the whip 10 times prior to the 100m. In determining penalty, stewards took into account jockey Pengelly’s totality of whip use.
 
DANSEZ – Overraced when the pace slackened leaving the 1400m. In light of today’s performance, trainer K. Schweida advised that the horse would now be sent for a spell.
 
NATURAL BLACK – Slow to begin. Raced three wide from the 700m whilst improving into the event.
 
Race 7: HAMILTON HOTEL BENCHMARK 65 H’CAP – 1050M
 
After viewing the stewards’ patrol footage, apprentice C. Gallagher, the rider of STELLARCRAFT, placed 2nd by the Judge, lodged an objection against KID FLASH being declared the winner, alleging interference inside the final 200m. After taking evidence and viewing the patrol footage, stewards found that whilst KID FLASH had shifted out under pressure in the home straight and had impeded the racing line of STELLARCRAFT, they were not satisfied that apprentice Gallagher had been obliged to alter his riding in anyway and any interference suffered was minor and not sufficient to warrant a reversal of the placings, bearing in mind the long neck margin separating the two, and therefore dismissed the objection.
 
STELLARCRAFT – Raced with its head in the air passing the 800m when being restrained to avoid heels.
 
COMIC STORY – Slow to begin and then laid in throughout the event.
 
KID FLASH – Hung out from leaving the 600m onwards.
 
NOOR DROPPER – Slow to begin and was then tightened for room shortly after the start and had to be steadied.
 
METIS – B. Stewart was fined $300 for weighing in in excess of half a kilogram over his allocated weight.
 
LA VIDA LOCA – Trainer K. Schweida advised that from the wide barrier the horse would be ridden back in the field. The horse was ridden accordingly whilst obliged to race three wide without cover.

 
Race 8: #BNERACES BENCHMARK 65 H’CAP – 1350M
 
Trainer S. Kendrick was fined $200 for the late declaration of R. Wiggins as the rider of COPYWRITER.
 
SHOW BENDER – Laid out under pressure in the home straight.
 
MAKE A RULER – Overraced badly in the early stages and shifted out to avoid heels near the 900m, racing wide for a short distance.
 
COPYWRITER – Raced wide from the 700m in an attempt to improve into the event.
 
SHE’S A YOUEFFOH – Slow to begin.
 
THUMBS UP – Slow to begin. Overraced in the early stages.
 
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY
 
Summary of action concerning licensees
 
Reprimands
Race 3. M. Shimodaira – careless riding – AR. 137(a)
 
Fines
Race 1. R. Maloney - $200 – overweight – AR. 120(b)
Race 6. B. Pengelly - $200 – use whip 10 times prior to 100m – AR. 137A(5)(a)(ii)
Race 7. B. Stewart - $300 – weigh in overweight – AR. 145
Race 8. Tnr. S. Kendrick - $200 – late rider declaration – LR. 67
 
Absent jockeys
J. Lloyd – ill – medical clearance req’d
 
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses
 
Horses swabbed pre-race
Uber Mover, The Mechanic, Suzy’s Rose, Joueur, Glycine Max, She Excites
 
Horses swabbed post-race
All winners and 2nd placegetters
 
Protests
Race 7. STELLARCRAFT (2nd) v. KID FLASH (1st) – alleged interference inside the final 200m – dismissed
 
Summary of rider changes/Late notifications
Race 1.           GRAND WHISPER – M. Du Plessis
                        THE PONY – L. Cassidy
Race 3.           THE MECHANIC – B. Stewart
Race 5.           AMTHAAL – Du Plessis
Race 6.           MURAQABA – B. Stewart
Race 7.           COMIC STORY – M. McGillivray
                        STELLAR POWER – L. Rolls
                        ROSINCA – A. Allen
Race 8.           COPYWRITER – R. Wiggins
 
Late scratchings
Nil
 
 
Published subject to correction upon revision