ODDS AND ENDS - not worth a thread but worth a post

[Richard prior]

Mark(Normy) Pitt would have been ticked pink with the $15.70 winner, He's in partnership with Wayne's wife in this mare and I'm pretty sure that Jack Knight might have had a couple of bucks on the winner. Well done Wayne and Mark.

[Messenger]

6yo M4/C14 class pacer Kotare Roland, winner of tonight's Claiming Masters Final at Melton, was claimed for $35k

Suggests 3rd placegetter 6yo M1/C6 class pacer Classy Weatern's price would not have to drop much from the asking $40k for him to change stables

THREE CLAIMS were made for Kotare and they had to have a ballot

http://www.harness.org.au/stewards-r...&fromstate=vic

[dmac43]

THREE CLAIMS were made for Kotare and they had to have a ballot

http://www.harness.org.au/stewards-r...&fromstate=vic

Roly Wilson from Yarra Glen claimed him

[Race For Fun]

Why would a driver do this?

Albion Park 27/09/2014

RACE 4 – SURE PRODUCTS Q0 PACE (C2+) 2138m MS

It was established by stewards that A Barnes (STORMY TARA) (NZ) drove in this event without wearing a body protector. Subsequently A Barnes was charged under Rule 159 (7) to which he pleaded guilty. When assessing the matter of penalty stewards were mindful that A Barnes was advised to wear an approved vest two weeks prior to tonight’s race and that in tonight’s race he failed to wear a vest at all and also his failure to wear a vest in tonight’s event presented a serious workplace health and safety risk. In view of these circumstances Mr. Barnes’s licence to drive in races was suspended for a period of 3 months.

[Messenger]

He might not like wearing one
He might not believe in 'new' regulations

Remember there were plenty of people that needed convincing/fines to wear seatbelts

[Race For Fun]

Maybe but they have been in for about 10 years.....

Might not have had his wife there to tell him what to wear.

[Messenger]

Anybody know what is happening down at Emma Stewart's stable?
Spelling, holiday, virus or does she always start the season slowly?
Last season she finished with 148 winners but in the first month of this season she only has 1 (from minimal starters)
She has Goodtime Mike in tomorrow night and Guaranteed on Saturday but none in at home-Ballarat on Friday

[Greg Hando]

Yeah Thanks Rich,
had well and truly worked that out mate, my comment was more to do about the incomplete facts from HRNSW...

It's not HRNSW Dan it's the people that do the trial results for the club that are to blame.

[Race For Fun]

How often do the stewards deny a change of tactics request? Regardless of good form or bad.

Tamworth 29/09/2014

Race 3 – XXXX GOLD PACE 1980m
Pre race blood samples were collected from CLEOPATRA SHANNON.

An application was tendered by the connections of CLEOPATRA SHANNON to drive the mare in a more aggressive manner at the start. Acting under Rule 44(2) stewards denied this application due to the extremely poor recent form of the mare.


D Germon ( CLEOPATRA SHANNON) pleaded guilty to a charge under Rule 231(2) of misconduct in that leaving the 700m he used loud unacceptable language. D Germon was fined $200.

[Messenger]

Race 5 at Bendigo tonight

http://www.harness.org.au/fields.cfm...romstate=vic#5

reveals that Kerryn M has lost Willow Robyn to the Gath stable