Stewards News 2

[Yabbie]

To do with above

Stewards inquired into an incident passing the 1300m where after taking evidence from drivers Kate Gath (Come Say Hi), Jack Laugher (Relentless Me) and review of the available replays it was established that Relentless Me was initially directed inwards when sufficiently clear of Come Say Hi and when shifting down to fully occupy the position following Interject, Come Say Hi continued to improve forward with momentum and when racing marginally to the inside of Relentless Me was tightened as that runner continued to shift inwards resulting in Come Say Hi racing inside the line of marker pegs prior to Relentless Me being directed outwards. In view of the circumstances Stewards were satisfied neither driver was at fault and took the matter no further.

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/ste...l/?mc=MX041221

Just watched it again and I call BS
Relentless Me was coming down and Kate Gath put her horse where there was no room for her cart to follow - she is lucky Jack didn't simply take Relentless Me's front legs out

Did you see the head on footage? - may possibly change your opinion. The boys on TrotsVision covered it Saturday night

[Messenger]

Carol, as I said in my first post on the incident, it was the stewards film of it on TrotsVision that showed Kate inside the pegs and made me curious but I only remember them showing it once.

[Yabbie]

I saw it again in an article on the HRV website - it gives you the opportunity to review closely and I'm pretty sure Brett Day also referred to it in the video
Try this link:

https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...uWd3m_J57-np_Y

[Messenger]

Thanks Carol. That actually confirms it for me, Relentless Me was definitely behind the leader and although the leader was off the pegs, Kate DID NOT have room to go up Relentless Me's inside without going inside several pegs. Who cares if she had a full head of steam up, that does not mean you can just be a bulldozer

[Messenger]

Luckily WA stewards are not paid by the word or else they would need a second job

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/ste...l/?mc=GP040222

[Messenger]

Raymond Walker, the trainer of top 2021 2yo Mister Rea has been disqualified for 4½ mths and the horse has lost its win from the Breeders Challenge heat on September 14

http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=51585

Maybe fortunately the horse was withdrawn from the rest of the series with a quarter crack

[Messenger]

Wondering where Jack Laugher has got to, I looked up the Suspended Driver list (the only place I find this is on Harnessweb)
Jack is due back from 3 weeks suspension today
But while browsing the list, I noticed the longest suspension is Leroy O'Brien
Leroy got 9 mths a couple of weeks ago for a cobalt offence from over a year ago
It is funny how the decision comes across as being so apologetic for suspending him

https://integrity.thetrots.com.au/ne...-leroy-obrien/

[Messenger]

Nathan Carroll gets Life

http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=51682

[Showgrounds]

Nathan Carroll gets Life

http://www.harness.org.au/media-room...?news_id=51682

A bit of detective work required on our part to join the dots from today's story back to the one HRNSW issued on 2 October 2017 -

https://www.hrnsw.com.au/news/1865/t...ll---inquiries

[Showgrounds]

The stewards dealt with Jason Lee and Daryl Douglas on Saturday night after they turned the previous week's Group 1 Australian Trotting Grand Prix into an equine Demolition Derby. I can't help but feel both got off light considering the damage they caused.

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/st...l/?mc=MX050322