QUEENSLANDRACING INTEGRITY COMMISSION
 
STEWARDS REPORT
 
MOUNT ISA RACE CLUB
 
MOUNT ISA SATURDAY 27 APRIL 2024
 
WEATHER – FINE       TRACK RATING – DIRT              RAIL – True Entire Course
 
OFFICIALS
 
Chairman of Stewards – D. Griffiths
Stewards – J McIntosch
 
General:
 
Trainer Ms S Royes reported at 12.05 p.m. that she would be late arriving on track due to horse transport issues.
 
Jockey A Thomson who did not arrive at the track was replaced on the following -:
Race 1 - Ashmolean -- J Babarovich.
Race 2 – Greenheart – J. Hoopert
Race 3 – Good Kitty – J Baker
Race 5 – Pressure and Time – J Baker
Race 7 – Northern Girl – T Hill
 
Jockey A Thomson will be stood down from race riding forthwith, pending a satisfactory reason being provided to Stewards in relation to her absence.
 
Scratchings:
 
Race 1 Snapoutofit (NZ), Golden Eighty
Race 3 Karbours
Race 4 Louie The Legend (Engaged Race 1), Zumikon
Race 5 Valonia
Race 6 The Champ (Late scratching 9.00 a.m. for Veterinary reasons), Wolf Point (Engaged Race 1).
Race 7 Revved Up Ready
 
 
Race 1: BENCHMARK 50 HANDICAP -  1450m
 
WOLF POINT –  Slow into stride. Overraced at the 1200 metres and eased when overracing between runners
at the 600 metres.
 
ON THE TAKE –  Slow to begin.
 
ASMOLEAN – Slow to begin. Tired over the concluding stages and finished a considerable distance behind the remainder of the field. A post race veterinary examination revealed no abnormalities. Trainer T Hall was advised to notify Stewards should anything become apparaent in the coming days in relation to the mares poor performance and also not to start the mare again until satisfied it would be competative.
 
 
Race 2: BENCHMARK 60 HANDICAP 900m
 
SOOPAT –Steadied when hampered at the 600 metres due to Scarpa (K Ballard) shifting in.     .
 
SCARPA– Shifted in at the 600 meters, crowding the running of Soopat (Apprentice M Campbell) . Jockey K Ballard was reprimanded for allowing Scarpa to shift in when not sufficiently clear at that point. AR131(a)

MERSEY GIRL – A pre-race veterinary examination passed the mare fit to race.
 
 
Race 3: MAIDEN PLATE 1000m
 
EGALITE-  Fractious in the barriers and slow into stride.
 
BETHEHORSE – Slow into stride.
 
 
Race 4: OPEN PLATE  1000m
 
FAB’S COWBOY – Apprentice M Campbell was reprimanded for allowing her mount to shift in at the 900 metres causing a tightening to Wicked Wiki which had to be steadied. AR131(a).
 
WICKED WIKI – Tightened for room at the 900 meters when Fab’s Cowboys shifted in.
 
 
Race 5: CLASS 1 HANDICAP 1000m
 
JATOBI –  Fractious in the barriers.
 
LADY HURIBEL- Fractious after moving onto the track and also behind the barriers .
 
 
Race 6: CLASS 6 PLATE 1200m
 
SOLE HEIR – Raced three wide throughout.
 
 
Race 7: CLASS B HANDICAP 1200m
 
 
VALONIA – Slow to begin. A post race veterinary examination revealed a small laceration to the off side fetlock.
 
NORTHERN GIRL- Slow to begin.
 
 
 
 
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY
 
Summary of action concerning licensees
 
Reprimands:
 
Race 2 – Jockey K Ballard (Scarpa) – AR131 (a).
Race 4 – Apprentice M Campbell (Fab’s Cowboy) – AR131 (a).
 
Fines:
Nil
 
Suspensions:
Nil
 
Overweight:
Nil
 
Race day injuries/illness:
Nil
 
Absent jockeys:
Ms A Thomson – stood down until further notice.
 
Adjourned inquiries:
Nil.

Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses
 
Horses swabbed pre-race.
Race 1 Ashmolean
Race 5 New Arrival
 
Horses swabbed post-race.
All winners
 
Warnings/bars:
 Nil
 
Bleeders
Nil
Falls
Nil

Protests
Nil
 
Late Riders/Alterations:
Refer Above – General.

 
Late scratchings:
Race 6 Horse 4 – The Champ – Veterinary Reasons (9.00 a.m. 27 April 2024).
 
Supplementary:
 
NIL
 
Published subject to correction upon revision.
 
The matters contained within this Stewards report may be subject to an internal or external review.  The outcome of any internal review is published on the Commission’s website immediately after the release of the internal review decision to the Applicant.  External reviews are managed by QCAT, and are not published on the Commission’s website. 
 
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.