"The ‘all clear’ on this event was delayed to allow driver K Dawson to view the stewards’ footage of an incident which occurred in the back straight on the first occasion shortly after the start. After perusal of the video, Miss Dawson, the driver of DESTREOS which was placed fourth by the judge, lodged a protest against FOREVER GOLD (D Weeks) being declared the third placegetter on grounds of interference on the first turn. After considering the evidence tendered by the drivers and viewing the matter on the official stewards’ patrol film and also considering the beaten margin between third and fourth, the stewards could not be satisfied to the requisite standard that the interference suffered to DESTREOS exceeded the beaten margin between it and FOREVER GOLD and therefore the protest was dismissed.
At a subsequent inquiry D Weeks pleaded guilty to a charge under Rule 165 for failing to give sufficient clearance to DESTREOS (NZ) when obtaining the position behind AVONNOVA (S Graham) approaching the first turn which caused DESTREOS (NZ) to be tightened for racing room, contact a marker peg, and race roughly for a short distance. After considering Mr. Week’s good record in this regard and his guilty plea, his licence to drive in races was suspended for a period of four weeks."
"the stewards could not be satisfied to the requisite standard" - it's clearly too much to expect a Stewards panel to have a clue about racing and the difference between leaders back to 4 back in the running lane and either 3W from the half or trailing a horse that went backwards soon after. Forever Gold finishes nearer last than 3rd.