In the Tailamade Lombo on Saturday, even though it was a Gp3, some are worried about Joe Pace's rubber necking on the leader before letting her drift off the fence to allow a sprint lane run when one does not exist at Ballarat, for the heavily supported Itzamajor Surprise (also strange that results list it as $12 when it started $6.50 at best)

Stewards: Joe Pace, driver of Diamond Party NZ (4th place) was fined $100 under rule 162(1)(www)(c) for failing to make sufficient effort at the entrance to the home straight to prevent Diamond Party NZ from shifting away from a marker pegline position when leading, which resulted in Itzamajor Surprise (2nd place) being advantaged when obtaining a clear inside run. In assessing penalty, although acknowledging the feature race status, Stewards also determined that the racing manners of Diamond Party NZ had contributed to this occurrence and due to Diamond Party NZ continuing to shift out in the home straight the mare was placed on its last chance to race truly.

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...21#MXM18092105