CANBERRA GREYHOUND RACING CLUB SUNDAY 3RD JANUARY 2010 STEWARDS REPORT WITHDRAWALS: RACE BOX GREYHOUND REPLACED BY REASON 1 NIL 2 8 RITZA’S REQUEST REPORTED SICK 3.1.10 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 3.1.10 3 4 PLOW MASTER REQUIRED RACE 6 WITHDRAWN 3.1.10 4 NIL 5 NIL 6 4 ELITE NURSE 9 PLOW MASTER REPORTED INJURED 3.1.10 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 3.1.10 7 8 DYNA MIRANDA REPORTED INJURED 3.1.10 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 3.1.10 8 NIL 9 NIL LATE WITHDRAWALS RACE 1 NO 4 – HARDEN UP SAM – WEIGHT VARIANCE 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 3.1.10. LAST START 26.6KG UP TODAY 1.2KG TO 27.8KG. THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE BY STEWARDS. INCIDENTS: RACE 1 310M MAIDEN: ANITA FLEX WAS SLOW TO BEGIN. PEDRO VELOCE CHECKED BETWEEN JESSIE BE GOOD & ZIZZO APPROACHING THE HOME TURN. STEWARDS INTERVIEWED CONNECTIONS REGARDING THE ACTIONS OF THE WINNER MINDARIVA IN THE HOME STRAIGHT. AFTER VIEWING THE VIDEO FOOTAGE AND HEARING STEWARDS OBSERVATIONS, THE TRAINER MR. G. MILLWOOD AGREED THAT MINDARIVA HAD TURNED ITS HEAD INWARDS TOWARDS DEMON FIGHTER MOMENTARILY, HOWEVER IT WAS INCONCLUSIVE WHETHER THERE WAS HEAD OR MUZZLE CONTACT. STEWARDS THERE FOR GAVE MINDARIVA THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FOR MARRING AND NOTIFIED MR. MILLWOOD THAT STEWARDS WOULD BE MONITORING FUTURE PERFORMANCES OF MINDARIVA. STEWARDS INTERVIEWED CONNECTIONS REGARDING ANITA FLEX MISSING THE START QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. CONNECTIONS ADVISED STEWARDS THAT ANITA FLEX IS STILL LEARNING AND DID MISS THE START TODAY. STEWARDS ADVISED CONNECTIONS THAT NO ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN TODAY, HOWEVER NOTIFIED CONNECTIONS THAT STEWARDS WOULD BE MONITORING FUTURE PERFORMANCES OF ANITA FLEX. RESULTS: 6,2,5,3,7,8,1 MARGINS: HH x NK TIME: 7.73, 18.14 RACE 2 530M 4TH & 5TH GRADE: MARTINI BOND & BRENCOLE BALE COLLIDED FIRST TURN AND BECOME UNBALANCED. PINDARI BALE CHECKED OFF BRENCOLE BALE APPROACHING THE HOME TURN. RESULTS: 4,7,1,2,6,3 MARGINS: .5L x 2.75L TIME: 5.07, 12.88, 19.52, 30.61 RACE 3 440M MIXED GRADE: COUNTRY HEART WAS SLOW TO BEGIN. COUNTRY HEART & BEAU WHITE COLLIDED SOON AFTER THE START AND BECOME UNBALANCED. ANDY FLEX & ELITE HIGHWAY COLLIDED SOON AFTER THE START AND BECOME UNBALANCED. COUNTRY HEART, BEAU WHITE & SEATTLE SOUND COLLIDED FIRST TURN AND HAMPERED ANDY FLEX CAUSING VARYING DEGREES OF INTERFERENCE. BEAU WHITE CHECKED BETWEEN COUNTRY HEART & SEATTLE SOUND PASSING THE CATCHING PEN AND LOST GROUND. RESULTS: 7,5,6,8,1,3,2 MARGINS: 2.25L x 4.75L TIME: 8.36, 14.77, 25.81 RACE 4 440M 5TH GRADE: BRASSED OFF WAS SLOW TO BEGIN. SWEET RAYAH & RITZA NAT COLLIDED SOON AFTER THE START. JOCK’S RAVEN CHECKED OFF JULIA ALLEN FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND. SWEET RAYAH CHECKED OFF JULIA ALLEN TURNING OUT OF THE BACK STRAIGHT AND LOST GROUND. ARIEK MIRAGE CHECKED OFF JULIA ALLEN APPROACHING THE HOME TURN. VETERINARY EXAMINATION OF SWEET RAYAH REVEALED A CUT TO THE NEAR SIDE HIND LEG. 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 3.1.10 RESULTS: 4,1,6,7,8,2,3 MARGINS: .5L x 2.25L TIME: 8.37, 14.94, 25.80 RACE 5 310M 5TH GRADE HEAT 1: YAMBLA CLINT, ATOMIC BOND & ALLISON FLEX WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. HIGHLAND ABBEY CHECKED OFF GALBA MAGIC FIRST TURN CAUSING HIGHLAND ABBEY TO LOSE GROUND, AS A RESULT YAMBLA CLINT, HIGHLAND ABBEY, ATOMIC BIRD & ALLISON FLEX WERE ALL HAMPERED AND SUFFERED VARYING DEGREES OF INTERFERENCE. ATOMIC BIRD RACED WIDE AFTER THIS INCIDENT. YAMBLA CLINT & HIGHLAND ABBEY COLLIDED ON THE HOME TURN. RESULTS: 2,8,3,6,1,7,4 MARGINS: 6.75L x 4.25L TIME: 7.69, 17.98 RACE 6 440M MIXED FINAL: ACTING ON VETS ADVICE STEWARDS ORDERED THE LATE SCRATCHING OF MATDAN @ 7.15PM, AS BETTING HAD COMMENCED ON THE RACE THE FOLLOWING BETTING DEDUCTIONS WERE APPLICABLE 17c WIN & 15c PLACE. IT WAS REVEALED THAT MATDAN HAD BLOOD IN IT URINE. 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 3.1.10 LEVERAGE WAS SLOW TO BEGIN. BERRIDALE QUEEN & PLOW MASTER COLLIDED IN THE RUN TO THE FIRST TURN CAUSING BOTH TO BECOME MOMENTARILY UNBALANCED. BERELLA BRIDGET CHECKED OFF BANJO FLEX FIRST TURN AND HAMPERED DUST TO DUST & MILD VIOLENCE. LEVERAGE CHECKED BETWEEN BERELLA BRIDGET & BANJO FLEX PASSING THE CATCHING PEN CAUSING BOTH BERELLA BRIDGET & BANJO FLEX TO LOSE GROUND. BERELLA BRIDGET CHECKED OFF BANJO FLEX APPROACHING THE HOME TURN WHEN IMPROVING ITS POSITION. DUST TO DUST RACED WIDE ON THE HOME TURN. RESULTS: 9,7,8,3,1,5,2 MARGINS: 2.5L x 2.5L TIME: 8.37, 14.91, 25.84 RACE 7 310M 5TH GRADE HEAT 2: WILD SAFLISA WAS SLOW TO BEGIN. WILD SAFLISA CHECKED OFF ARANDA FIRST TURN, RACE 8 440M BEST 8: HARRY GRONDO & BELFAST BEAUTY WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. VICTOR LANE & STICKY BOOTS COLLIDED SOON AFTER THE START CAUSING VICTOR LANE TO LOSE GROUND. BELFAST BEAUTY CHECKED OFF STICKY BOOTS TURNING OUT OF THE BACK STRAIGHT AND LOST GROUND. VICTOR LANE & MANCUNIAN KOOL COLLIDED ON THE HOME TURN. RESULTS: 1,8,7,3,6,4,2 MARGINS: 10L x NK TIME: 8.16, 14.65, 25.49 RACE 9 310M 5TH GRADE HEAT 3: ELLA FELLA TELLA , EL LOCO ASSASSIN & JOHN BOY WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. EL LOCO ASSASSIN CHECKED OFF JOHN BOY FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND. EL LOCO ASSASSIN COLLIDED ON THE HOME TURN. THE WINNER OF THIS EVENT JOHN BOY WAS LOCKED AWAY FOR A URINE SAMPLE TO BE OBTAINED LATER IN THE EVENING UNDER CGRC RANDOM SWAB BALLOT. RESULTS: 7,4,1,5,2,8 MARGINS: 2.25L x 1.25L TIME: 7.83, 18.21 STEWARD IN CHARGE MR. S. MATTHEWS