Elegant Jewel had been racing well before being placed on the list 1-2-10. The 10 was 'jumped object'. Unlike the others he had not been getting Pre Race Swabs prior to being placed on the list. The Winning swab may have been what put him on the list. Just guessing obviously with all of this. He continued to race well with a 2nd and 4th while on the list
All 4 horses were swabbed after wins between June 28 and July 4
When you consider how few horses get PRS it is significant how many of them went to G Douglas horses
The Cobblers Piece, Pocket Thedeal and Ozzie Major had been Pre Race Swabbed in most of their races in the month leading up to being put on the list so they were both virtually already on the list/under examination and so if it wasn't any of these swabs that put them on the list, it could have been the winning post race swabs they had the month before. Once again just guessing obviously
If it was the swabs after the 4 wins - all in the space of a week, that put them on the List, it is somewhat strange that it was 4 weeks difference between when the first and last went on the list. Mind you they were PRSing the later two anyway (maybe the stewards were trying to catch a positive)
Edit: Maybe the last paragraph does not apply. It is hard to know what the date column means - you would assume it means the first of the 3 starts that they have to comply with the requirements of being on the List. It would seem to be a rolling date as I have found the following link that states The Cobblers Piece was on the list on July 11 so maybe his 3 weeks got extended to 4. I hope it isn't another one of those things that HRV don't keep up to date
http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=40878
This is the list as it reads at present
HORSE VENUE DATE
THE COBBLERS PIECE BENDIGO 19 JULY 2019
ELEGANT JEWEL NZ SHEPPARTON 23 JULY 2019
SAFARI ROSE MILDURA 24 JULY 2019
POCKET THE DEAL NZ TABCORP PARK MELTON 10 AUGUST 2019
OZZIE MAJOR SHEPPARTON 13 AUGUST 2019
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