Paua To Excite Disqualified From Six Races

Offences:

GAR 71:Where a greyhound fails to perform to the satisfaction of the Stewards, or has been determined, by the officiating veterinary surgeon or other authorised person, to have cramped during the running of an Event, the Stewards may:
(1) order that it complete a satisfactory trial before being eligible to compete further or be nominated for any Event; and/or
(2) order that it be subject to the production of a veterinary certificate certifying that it is not suffering from an injury or condition before being eligible to compete further in or be nominated for any Event.

LRR 38(1)(e): If a greyhound is ordered to undergo a Satisfactory Trial on a circle track, and successfully completes that Satisfactory Trial on a straight track, it will be cleared for straight track racing only.

Report:

Stewards today conducted an inquiry into the circumstances pertaining to the eligibility of the greyhound ‘Paua To Excite' to compete in events between 2 March 2014 and 8 July 2014.

It was established during the Inquiry that ‘Paua To Excite' was ordered to perform a satisfactory trial on 2 February 2014 at the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club meeting under GAR 71 (unsatisfactory performance). On 2 March 2014 ‘Paua To Excite' completed a satisfactory trial at the Healesville Greyhound Racing Club (straight track) and pursuant to LRR 38(1)(e) was cleared for straight track racing only.

Stewards heard evidence from Trainer – Mr. Graeme James and Part Owner Mrs. Cassandra James, Mr. and Mrs James provided evidence that ‘Paua To Excite was nominated on at least 8 separate occasions via the Fastrack nomination process and on all occasions the nominations were accepted, and in fact competed in the events listed below:-

23/04/2014 Cranbourne
07/05/2014 Cranbourne
17/05/2014 Warragul
26/05/2014 Shepparton
06/06/2014 Bendigo
18/06/2014 Ballarat

After hearing the evidence, Stewards deemed that ‘Paua To Excite was ineligible to compete in the events listed above pursuant to GAR 64 (1) and directed that the greyhound be disqualified from those events and the placings amended accordingly.

23/04/2014 Cranbourne

1st Lamb Shank
2nd Dewana Hitman
3rd Midnight Reign
4th Feen Dish
5th Ima Banana
6th Miss Geeves
7th Tails' Earner
Disqualified Paua To Excite (6th)


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