Race Day Stewards’ Report
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Rockhampton Greyhounds
Date: Wednesday 24th April, 2019
Track: Good
Weather: Overcast/Showers
Stewards Panel: Mr M Heath (Chairman) │ Mr J Challen
Officials: Dr S Olsen (Veterinarian) │ Miss L Gull (Judge) │ Miss C Wust (Starter) │ Miss E Burgess (Sample Collection Officer) │ Mr G Moore (Lure Driver)
Race 1 – Sandal Welding | Maiden | 407m
All Day Ref – Tightened shortly after the start and lost ground. Checked and shifted out to avoid heels rounding the first turn. Skipped across the heels of another runner leaving the first turn. Red Diggity – Tightened and lost ground rounding the first turn. Big Mouth – Bumped on the hind quarter approaching the home turn. Shifted out abruptly as a result making contact with another runner and lost ground. Sparky Lass – Collected the heels of BIG MOUTH, checked and lost significant ground. Cooked – Raced extremely wide rounding the home turn and in the home straight.
Race 2 – Dinky Di Web Design | Novice | 407m Special Speed – Slow to begin. Music Maestro – Slow to begin. Magic Jewels – Bumped leaving the home turn. Stilted Chatter - Bumped leaving the home turn. Race 3 – Newsxpress | 5th Grade | 407m Mysterious Rose – Slow to begin. Ten Gallon Hat – Slow to begin. Held up for clear running rounding the home turn. Bumped leaving the home turn. Are Jay Jean – Tightened shortly after the start and lost ground. Entering the back straight checked from the heels of another runner. Fantasia Lee – Bumped leaving the home turn. Apollo’s Warrior – Shifted out and bumped another runner in the home straight. Dude Of Duds – Bumped in the home straight.
Race 4 – Rocky Feed & Seed | Free For All | 510m Merlot Hayze – Bumped shortly after the start. Shakey Diesel – Bumped shortly after the start. Are Jay Lochie – Bumped wider on the track rounding the first turn.
Race 5 – Wendy Mulry Travel | 4th & 5th Grade | 407m Fan The Flame – Slow to begin. Shifted out abruptly rounding the home turn to avoid fallen runners. Bogie Bullet – Tightened rounding the first turn. A post-race veterinary examination failed to reveal any abnormalities. Dreaming Dora – Tightened and lost ground rounding the first turn. Hara’s Skylah – Raced wide in the back straight. Snowball Shirl – Tightened rounding the home turn. Bridget Benz – Tightened and fell rounding the home turn. Finish the event well back. A post-race veterinary examination failed to reveal any abnormalities. Tajo – Collided with a fallen runner and fell rounding the home turn. Finish the event well back. A post-race veterinary examination failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 6 – Garrard’s Horse and Hound | 3rd & 4th Grade | 407m Five Forty – Tightened and lost ground shortly after the start. Adhara Bay – Tightened and lost ground leaving the first turn. Master Card – Checked from heels leaving the first turn. Long Shots – Tightened and lost ground leaving the first turn.
Race 7 – Dynamic Electrical | 5th Grade | 510m Ironot Smash – Marginally slow to begin. Hampered entering the back straight. Braxton Hayze – Marginally slow to begin. Entering the first turn shifted out abruptly to avoid heels and raced extremely wide. Zambora Pride – Carried extremely wide on the first turn. Speed Action – Checked across heels rounding the first turn. Red Brianna – Tightened entering the back straight and lost ground.
Race 8 – ANZAC Day Trophy | Best 8 | 407m Copyist – Slow to begin. Chandon Hawke – Checked from heels rounding the first turn. Deneholme Dasher – A post-race veterinary examination failed to reveal any abnormalities. Logical Option – A post-race veterinary examination revealed the greyhound to be suffering from a sore off side hind leg and was stood down from racing for a period of 30 days.
Race 9 – Diplock’s Collision Repair Centre | 5th Grade | 407m Next – Slow to begin. Dervando – Slow to begin. Hampered and lost ground leaving the first turn. Zambora Caitlyn – Tightened and lost ground shortly after the start. Aladdin’s Angel – Checked from heels rounding the first turn. Further tightened leaving the first turn. Farmor In Tune – Checked to avoid heels leaving the first turn. Headliner – Checked across heels in the early stages of the back straight.
Race 10 – Patlaw Securites | Pathways 5th Grade | 407m Miss Wildwest – Slow to begin. Mars Rising – Tightened shortly after the start and lost ground. Held up rounding the home turn. Shifted out abruptly across heels leaving the home turn. Goddess Macha – Bumped shortly after the start. Scott The Hook – Tightened and lost ground rounding the first turn. Irish Spice – Tightened and lost ground rounding the first turn.
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Samples taken for analysis
Pre-race
R6 Five Forty
Post-race
All Winners.
Race day Summary
Scratchings
R1 Miss You More & Baloney Bender
R2 When Why How
R3 El Mangos & Goddess Macha
R5 Factional & Fantasia Lee
R9 Fan The Flame & La Quinta
R10 Hay Bonus & La Quinta
Licensee Actions
Nil.
Greyhound Actions
R8 Logical Option, Sore O/H Leg, 30 days.
Trials
1 Gotcha Integrity – failed, Return to Racing, 407M, 24.44.
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This report and the Stewards Comments for this meeting may be amended at any time, at the sole discretion of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards as races are reviewed.
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