Oamaru JC 1 August 2010 - R 3 (request for a ruling)
648(3)
RACEDAY JUDICIAL COMMITTEE DECISION
Informant: Mr Davidson, stipendiary steward
Defendant: N/A
Information No: 41966 – request for a ruling
Meeting: Oamaru Jockey Club
Date: 1 August 2010
Venue: Oamaru Racecourse
Race: 3
Rule No: 648(3)
Judicial Committee: Geoff Hall, Chairman – J Eagles, Committee Member
Plea: N/A
CHARGES: Mr Davidson requested a ruling that GUFI be disqualified from race 3.
FACTS/SUBMISSIONS: Mr Davidson submitted that K Walters the rider of GUFI in race 3 could not draw the correct weight on weighing in. Mr Walters had weighed out at 57 and weighed in at 56.15. He was thus 0.85 kg light.
Mr J Mills, the Clerk of the Scales, gave evidence confirming that Mr Walters had weighed out at 57 and weighed in at 56.15.
Rule 648(3) states: “If, on being weighed in, a Rider cannot draw the proper weight (meaning thereby the weight allotted by the Handicapper for his horse to carry and adjusted only by any rehandicap, by having been declared overweight, by penalty or by authorised allowance) the Clerk of the Scales shall allow such rider 0.5 kg and if the allowance is not sufficient to enable the proper weight to be drawn then subject to sub-Rule (4) of this Rule then in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed the horse shall be disqualified for the Race.”
DECISION: Sub-rule 4 has no application. Mr Walters weighed in 0.85 kg light. In these circumstances, we rule that GUFI be disqualified from 3.
