CANBERRA GREYHOUND RACING CLUB SUNDAY 31ST MAY 2009 STEWARDS REPORT TRACK: GOOD WEATHER: FINE WITHDRAWALS RACE BOX GREYHOUND REPLACED BY REASON 1 NIL 2 NIL 3 1 DELTA RAGE REQUIRED RACE 6 WITHDRAWN @ 12.01PM 30/5/09 4 6 AZURE OSTI REPORTED SICK 30/5/09 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 31/5/09 5 7 MISS REBLEE 9 ARANDA REPORTED SICK 31/5/09 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 31/5/09 6 8 CAWBOURNE NORMA 9 DELTA RAGE REPORTED SICK 30/5/09 10 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 31/5/09 7 NIL 8 NIL 9 NIL 10 NIL 11 NIL INCIDENTS: RACE 1 310M MIXED: BULL BAR SALLY CHECKED OFF KALINITE AT THE FIRST TURN. MORGO’S SHANIA HAMPERED FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND. JENMAR GODDESS CHECKED OFF BEE CUMMINGS AT THE HOME TURN. BULL BAR SALLY & I’M THE CURE COLLIDED AT THE HOME TURN. STEWARDS INTERVIEWED TRAINER MR. M. LEAN REGARDING HITTING THE LID AS HE PLACED THE GREYHOUND (BEE CUMMINGS) IN THE BOXES. MR. LEAN EXPLAINED THAT BEE CUMMINGS WAS DIFFICULT TO BOX AND ON HIS OWN ADMISSION HAD HIT THE LID. MR. LEAN HAD REQUESTED THAT BEE CUMMINGS BE DECLARED “HARD TO BOX” FOR FUTURE RACES. STEWARDS ADVISED MR. LEAN THAT HANDLERS ARE FORBIDDEN TO HIT THE LIDS AFTER PLACING THEIR GREYHOUND INTO THE BOXES AND DIRECTED MR. LEAN NOT TO REPEAT THE OFFENCE IN THE FUTURE. STEWARDS ALSO INFORMED MR. LEAN THAT IF HE REQUESTS A “HARD TO BOX” ON THE GREYHOUND HE IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE STEWARDS PRIOR TO BEE CUMMINGS NEXT ENGAGEMENT SO STEWARDS CAN MONITOR ITS BOX MANNERS. RACE 2 310M MIXED: MISS NUFFY, KALI CRAZY & SHAKE COUGAR WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. SHAKE COUGAR RACED WIDE TURNING OUT OF THE BACK STRAIGHT. REGAL LASS CHECKED OFF FAWN MORGO ON THE HOME TURN AND RACED WIDE INTO THE HOME STRAIGHT. RACE 3 440M MIXED: BIG BUTCH & QUIET SUCCESS WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. BILLY BRAVO, DAYTONA NORBERT & CAWBOURNE BOLT ALL CAME TOGETHER AT THE FIRST TURN. DAYTONA NORBERT CHECKED OFF BILLY BRAVO TURNING INTO THE BACK STRAIGHT. BIG BUTCH WHO WAS FOLLOWING CHECKED OFF DAYTONA NORBERT, STUMBLED AND AS A RESULT LOST GROUND. RACE 4 310M NON GRADE: KALI RAMIREZ WAS SLOW TO BEGIN. CAWBOURNE CATHY GALLOPED ONTO THE HEELS OF SHONKY’S GIRL AT THE FIRST TURN CAUSING SHONKY’S GIRL TO BE DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND AND LOSE CONSIDERABLE GROUND. CAWBOURNE CATHY & KALI RAMIREZ CAME TOGETHER AT THE HOME TURN. THUNDER SPOOK SWITCHED INWARDS ACROSS THE HEELS OF MOORBEL JACK, WHICH DRIFTED OUTWARDS IN THE HOME STRAIGHT. RACE 5 530M MIXED: COVELLE WA SOW TO BEGIN. COVELLE HIT THE RUNNING RAIL HEAVILY AT THE FIRST TURN AND FAILED TO FINISH. PYRAMID HILTON FOLLOWING CHECKED OFF COVELLE. ARANDA HIT THE RUNNING RAIL TURNING OUT OF THE BACK STRAIGHT AND BECAME UNBALANCED AND LOST GROUND. VETERINARY EXAMINATION OF ARANDA REVEALED ABRASIONS TO THE NEAR SIDE HIND LEG. 7 DAY INCAPACITATION CERTIFICATE FROM 31/5/09 VETERINARY EXAMINATION OF COVELLE REVEALED NO APPARENT INJURY, STEWARD SUBSEQUENTLY DIRECTED THAT COVELLE TO BE RE-EXAMINED LATER IN THE EVENING AFTER COVELLE HAD COOLED DOWN. COVELLE WAS RE-EXAMINED LATER IN THE EVENING BY THE VET, WHICH REVEALED NO INJURY. STEWARDS INTERVIEWED CONNECTIONS REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OF COVELLE. TRAINER MR. G. MILLWOOD STATED THAT COVELLE HAD HIT THE RUNNING RAIL PRETTY HARD AND IN DOING SO THE RUG HAD TORN QUIET SIGNIFICANTLY. MR. MILLWOOD WAS OF THE OPINION THAT COVELLE HAD MOMENTARILY GOT ITS LEG CAUGHT UP IN THE RUG, HENCE THE REASON FOR COVELLE PULLING UP OUT OF THE RACE. STEWARDS CONFIRMED THE RUG HAD TORN, HOWEVER WERE INCONCLUSIVE WHETHER COVELLE HAD GOT IT’S LEG CAUGHT IN THE RUG. STEWARDS INFORMED MR. MILLWOOD THAT AFTER TWO VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS, NO INJURIES WERE FOUND. MR. MILLWOOD ADVISED STEWARDS THAT IT IS HIS INTENTION NOT TO RACE COVELLE UNTIL IT RECOVERS FROM THIS RUN AND WOULD ALSO SEE HOW THE GREYHOUND PULLS UP IN THE MORNING. STEWARDS TOOK NO FURTHER ACTION OTHER THAN TO ADVISE MR. MILLWOOD TO CONTACT STEWARDS IF ANY INJURIES ARE DETECTED TOMORROW(1/6/09). RACE 6 310M MIXED FINAL: EMJACK OSTI, CAWBOURNE RYE & DELTA RAGE WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. CAWBOURNE RYE CHECKED OFF DELTA RAGE AT THE FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND, DELTA RAGE WAS DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND IN THIS INCIDENT. BULL BAR LOU CHECKED OFF VIVA GEM AT THE FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND, VIVA GEM WAS DRAGGED DOWN FROM BEHIND IN THIS INCIDENT. CAWBOURNE RYE RACED WIDE ON THE HOME TURN. RACE 7 530M NON GRADE HEAT 1: DAYTONA KENT & SILVER CITY JAKE COLLIDED AT THE FIRST TURN. SMASHING OSTI RACED WIDE AT THE FIRST TURN. SILVER CITY JAKE HAMPERED BETWEEN SMASHING OSTI & METHANE TURNING OUT OF THE BACK STRAIGHT AND LOST GROUND. DAYTONA KENT & METHANE CAME TOGETHER IN THE HOME STRAIGHT. THE WINNER OF THIS EVENT SMASHING OSTI WAS LOCKED AWAY FOR A URINE SAMPLE TO BE OBTAINED LATER IN THE EVENT UNDER THE CGRC RANDOM SWAB BALLOT. RACE 8 530M NON GRADE HEAT 2: JADA KAIN WAS EXAMINED BY THE VET PRIOR TO THIS RACE AND WAS PASSED FIT TO RACE. JADA KAIN CHECKED OFF BLAZING ANNIE AT THE FIRST TURN AND HAMPERED EXOTIC GHOST, SHOO FLY SHOO & AWESOME LADDIE, CAUSING VARYING DEGREES OF INTERFERENCE, WITH JADA KAIN BECOMING UNBALANCED IN THIS INCIDENT AND LOST GROUND. BLAZING ANNIE, SERBO QUEST & SUTTON TIGER ALL CAME TOGETHER AT THE FIRST TURN. RACE 9 310M 5TH GRADE: CLOVALLEY BROOKE JUMPED SMARTLY AND LED ALL THE WAY. HIGH FESS & CAWBOURNE CLICK WERE SLOW TO BEGIN. CAWBOURNE CLICK CHECKED OFF HUMDINGER APPROACHING THE HOME TURN AND LOST GROUND. TYRE KICKER RACED WIDE ON THE HOME TURN. STEWARDS INTERVIEWED CONNECTIONS REGARDING THE APPARENT IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF CLOVALLEY BROOKE AFTER HAVING FINISHED LAST BEATEN 10LENTHS AT CANBERRA ON 24/5/09 5TH GRADE 310M. TRAINER MR. M. CHALKER EXPLAINED THAT CLOVALLEY BROOKE HAD JUMPED ON TERMS LAST START, HOWEVER NEARLY FELL AT THE FIRST TURN WHEN HAMPERED AND LOST GROUND. MR. CHALKER ALSO STATED THAT PRIOR TO CLOVALLEY BROOKE’S LAST START, HE FELT THAT THE GREYHOUNDS FORM WAS RELATIVELY CONSISTENT, MR. CHALKER WAS TOLD THAT HIS EXPLANATION WOULD BE NOTED. RACE 10 440M 5TH GRADE: MARKUS PARK HAMPERED BETWEEN JACOB’S BANQUET & KAZZA’S LEGEND IN THE RUN TO THE FIRST TURN. FAST AND PURE CHECKED OFF SWEET RAYAH AT THE FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND. JACOB’S BANQUET & MARKUS PARK CHECKED OFF SWEET RAYAH FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND, MORGO’S PRINCESS FOLLOWING WAS HAMPERED IN THIS INCIDENT. MORGO’S PRINCESS & FAST AND PURE COLLIDED APPROACHING THE HOME TURN CAUSING FAST AND PURE TO BECOME UNBALANCED AND LOSE GROUND. MARKUS PARK & FAST AND PURE CAME TOGETHER ON THE HOME TURN. SWEET RAYAH CHECKED OFF CAWBOURNE TEXAS IN THE HOME STRAIGHT. RACE 11 440M 4TH & 5TH GRADE: KALIANDRA SLOWLY AWAY. RICH AND REGAL, PLUGGER BANQUET & MEDIUM PACE ALL CAME TOGETHER IN THE RUN TO THE FIRST TURN. PLUGGER BANQUET & MEDIUM PACE CHECKED BETWEEN RICH AND REGAL AND MISS SAIGON FIRST TURN AND LOST GROUND. ROUGHEAD RACED WIDE FIRST TURN. PLUGGER BANQUET CHECKED OFF MISS SAIGON IN THE BACK STRAIGHT AND LOST GROUND. PLUGGER BANQUET CHECKED OFF MEDIUM PACE TURNING OUT OF THE BACK STRAIGHT AND LOST GROUND, ROUGHEAD FOLLOWING CHECKED OFF PLUGGER BANQUET AND LOST GROUND. STEWARDS INTERVIEWED CONNECTIONS REGARDING THE APPARENT IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF RICH AND REGAL AFTER HAVING FINISHED LAST BEATEN 14LENTHS AT YOUNG ON 23/5/09 IN A FFA 347M. CONNECTIONS STATED THAT RICH AND REGAL HAD CHECKED FIRST TURN & BACK STRAIGHT & HOME TURN LAST START AND LOST GROUND IN THESE INCIDENTS. CONNECTIONS FURTHER STATED THAT THE DROP IN GRADE WAS BENEFICIAL AS RICH AND REGAL HAD BEEN RACING IN STRONGER COMPANY RECENTLY. STEWARDS ADVISED CONNECTIONS THAT THEIR EXPLANATION WOULD BE NOTED. STEWARD IN CHARGE MR. S. 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