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Darwin Turf Club: 14/11/2020

Weather: Fine Track: Good Rail: True Position

Stewards: D Hensler (Chairman), R Hamilton, S Copelin, P Carrol, S O’Brien, D Garnham (Clerk of Scales), K Hampson (Assistant to the Stewards)

Stable Compliance: R Hamilton, S O’Brien

Veterinary: Howard Springs Veterinary Clinic

Number of Races: 5

Number of Runners: 38

Stakes Paid: $90,500

 

Race 1: 0-64 1300m

PATRIA (K Gladwin) – Steadied passing the 500m.

WITH PLEASURE (A Lindsay) – Under pressure from the 600m and finished unplaced. When questioned rider advised that her mount was showing signs of being in season in the preliminary and prior to the start and in her opinion this may have had contributed to the unplaced performance.

IMMUTABLE (B Huppatz) – Slow into stride.

1ST KAPTAN APOLLO 2ND PATRIA 3RD IMMUTABLE

 

Race 2: BM54 1200m

Stewards interviewed trainer C Pollard in relation to the riding instructions he intended to issue as his stable had multiple runners in the event.

EOKALIO (S Tsaikos) – Raced wide throughout.

1ST ART OF MORE 2ND EOKALIO 3RD DUNKIRK

 

Race 3: Maiden 1100m

Stewards interviewed trainer P Cole in relation to the riding instructions he intended to issue as his stable had multiple runners in the event.

BELLA RUBINO (W Davis) – Reared as the start was effected and lost considerable ground and subsequently took no competitive part in the race. Trainer P Cole was advised that the mare must barrier trial to the satisfaction of the Stewards prior to racing again.

LEGS ELEVEN (B Huppatz) – Fractious prior to the start.

NEWMATIC SANDS (V Arnott) – Raced wide throughout.

1ST DON’T SAY IT 2ND PROPA BELTA 3RD KICKIN’ GOALS

 

Race 4: 0-70 1000m

Stewards interviewed trainer P Cole in relation to the riding instructions he intended to issue as his stable had multiple runners in the event.

ANOTHER BIT (K Galdwin) – Trainer G Clarke expressed disappointment in the performance and undertook to monitor the gelding over the ensuing days and report to the Stewards accordingly.

1ST VUNIVALU 2ND PATRIOT DAY 3RD TORCHBEARER

 

Race 5: 0-58 1000m

TOTAL FAITH (V Arnott) – Lunged forward prior to the start and forced the front gates in its barrier stall to open. After being restrained by the rider the mare returned to the mounting enclosure and the rider reported that her mount’s head had made forceful contact with the barrier gate in this incident. The mare was subsequently withdrawn by order of the Stewards at 5.32pm. The following deductions were applicable to all successful bets placed prior to 5.32pm.

MANLY COVE 0c win 1c place

DANCER’S KIN 9c place

During this delay all runners were removed from the barriers. As the gates on barrier 3 were damaged, the field was reloaded from barrier 4 outwards. The start time of this race delayed approximately 7 minutes. The veterinarian subsequently reported that TOTAL FAITH had a laceration inside a nostril.

MANLY COVE (J Todd) – Fractious in the barriers prior to the start. Returned from the event with blood in its mouth.

DEFENCE ATTORNEY (S Tsaikos) – Got its head up at the start.

SHUDAPUTARINGONIT (K Gladwin) – Raced wide throughout.

1ST MANLY COVE 2ND DANCER’S KIN 3RD DEFENCE ATTORNEY

 

General

Swab samples were taken from all winners. Pre race samples were taken from KAPTAN APOLLO, EOKALIO, ALIVERSE, LEGS ELEVEN, TORCHBEARER & MANLY COVE.

Reprimands

Nil

Suspensions

Nil

Fines

Race 1 – Trainer D Leech (through his representative) was fined $200 for presenting NUMBER ONE STAR with a tongue tie not made of the approved material – AR206

Embargos & Warnings

Race 3 – BELLA RUBINO reared at the start and lost considerable ground – must barrier trial.

Medicals

Nil

D Hensler

Chairman of Stewards