Stipendiary Stewards Report

Auckland Greyhound Racing Club

Manukau Stadium ON SUNDAY 16 Feb 2014

Weather: Fine
Track: Good The track was presented in a very good racing condition all other equipment operated well through out .
Scales: Correct at all weights
Health and Safety comment: Nil

Judicial report: J McInerney ( jnr ) failed to present RAW ENERGY for a post race vet check and will be spoken to regarding this

Incident Reports

Race Number	Race Name	Incident Report
Race 1	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 1 - C5q - 318 Heat 1	Soon after the start ARMED FORCES ran in to PEARL'S BOY, a few strides on both dogs came together again , nearing the first bend PEARL'S BOY angled outwards to improve forcing ARMED FORCES to race wide in to the bend ,ARMED FORCES covered a lot of extra ground and was unable to improve from the rear there after.
Race 2	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 2 - C5q - 318 Heat 2	Soon after the start EXPLOSIVE and NITRO LUIS came together checking WINNING KNOCKA back from in between them , further in STELLAR FORCE got away well to head across to the lead bumping in to SOZIN'S COMET for a stride racing in to the first bend STELLAR FORCE made contact with LAFAETTE and going back on to WINNING KNOCKA who caught her heels, STELLAR FORCE lost ground soon after making contact with the rail as NITRO LUIS and WINNING KNOCKA raced past forcing her inwards STELLA FORCE never recovered finishing in last placing at the line and was referred to the vet for assessment .
Race 3	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 3 - C5q - 318 Heat 3	BRIGHT STAR ( fav ) wasn't that quick away from box 8 today ,she was forced to race wide when attempting to improve, on the top bend BRIGHT STAR moved inwards causing BOSS APPEAL to catch her heels losing momentum and going back several lengths STARLA was awkwardly away for a stride or so ,racing in to the first bend STARLA was forced to race wide as NO MORE LAUGHTER came out under her when avoiding the heels of BOSS APPEAL STARTLA was unable to get in to contention there after finishing in the rear at the line .
Race 4	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 4 - C5q - 318 Heat 4	In the run to the first turn HEDFIELD from box 8 angled inwards crowding a lot of the inner dogs for a few strides ,a bit further on DOUBLE MAGIC angled in to the shoulder of RUN LACEY RUN pushing this dog in to GO HOUSIE, these 3 runners tightened and jostled for several strides ,DOUBLE MAGIC became unbalanced for a couple of strides , but never lost his position near the lead finishing up a close 2nd placing at the line .
Race 5	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 1 - C5q - 527 Heat 1	In the run to the first bend JINJARANGO ran out sharply to avoid heels forcing THRILLING LOGIC wide around the first bend , both dogs lost ground ,JINJARANGO made ground steadily there after making good ground to finish in to 4th placing at the line . Racing in to the final turn JAY CEE HURT was checked losing momentum as FEEL THE VIBE crossed to the rail ,JAY CEE HURT went back on to THRILLING LOGIC checking this runner , they were all unable to make ground there after finishing well back at the line
Race 6	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 5 - C5q - 318 Heat 5	Racing in to the first bend WILD PUNTING and WHERE'S CARLOS came together jostling for a couple of strides, further out REAL VAIN ran in to the back of WANDY GRANT , REAL VAIN checked sharply outwards in to WE'RE SO LUCKY, these 2 dogs ran widest on to the top bend covering a fair amount of extra ground ,they were unable to improve there after finishing in the last couple of placings at the line .
Race 7	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 2 - C5q - 527 Heat 2	Racing in to the first bend RUSSEL HART and OPAWA SWEDE went wide , SASSY ROAD racing handy was checked as STAY YOUNG moved out in to her racing line , SASSY ROAD lost ground back past midfield and never recovered to get back in to contention there after SASSY ROAD was referred to the vet for assessment where no abnormalities were found
Race 8	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 3 - C5q - 527 Heat 3	Soon after the start VALAIN'S FLYER and BLITZING MAYHEM bumped , soon after BLITZING MAYHEM tried to force his way across severely hampering RENE RANGER ( fav ) being forced back to the rear , several strides on VALAIN'S FLYER angled inwards pushing RENE RANGER in on to BLITZING MAYHEM who caught the back of KATCHA FIRE turning sideways in to RENE RANGER who lost his footing in behind for a stride or so , further in to the bend KATCHA FIRE crossed to the rail checking SPEEDY KAZZA who ran out in to and checking RENE RANGER ,both these dogs went back to the rear and were unable to get back in to contention finishing well back at the line
Race 9	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 4 - C5q - 527 Heat 4	As the field left the boxes SASHA'S ONE ran in causing WAYLEGGO to almost run on to her back going up in the air losing a couple of lengths ,soon after RIGS came out bumping in to WAYLEGGO as DAVID'S OSTI then ran in to WAYLEGGO racing around the first bend nearing the back straight WAYLEGGO was improving between runners when RIGS moved inwards ,WAYLEGGO caught a heel going off stride dropping right out being pulled up on the home turn ,he was taken to the vet for assessment .
Race 10	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 5 - C5q - 527 Heat 5	Racing to the first bend CAWBOURNE RAVE angled inwards bumping PIGGY BACK inside him OPAWA STRETCH crossed to the rail taking the line of RAW ENERGY ( fav ) who was forced back on the inner to the rear , THRILLING BUTCHA was forced to race widest in to the bend covering some extra ground , THRILLING BUTCHA made very good ground there after to finish in to 2nd placing at the line RAW ENERGY was unable to improve there after ,he did run in to the hind quarters of MAGICO in the home straight but was well back RAW ENERGY was referred to the vet for assessment
Race 11	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 6 - C5q - 527 Heat 6	KNOW ATTEMPT missed the start badly by 7 or so lengths , racing in to the first bend VALIDATION racing handy on the inner came out off the rail as INDI RHODE and LOCHINVAR BRANDO raced alongside ,VALIDATION suddenly ran outwards sharply running in to BRIGHTON BULLET and KNOW ATTEMPT forcing these dogs very wide in to the back straight VALIDATION went amiss dropping back to a clear last in the running ,he was referred to the vet for assessment KNOW ATTEMPT after being slow away and forced wide made ground finishing in to 5th placing at the line , BRIGHTON BULLET also ran wide across the top bend finishing in the rear at the line
Race 12	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 6 - C5q - 318 Heat 6	In the run to the first turn DOWN THE BACK came out off the inner on to IBIZA FLING as NEED TO CHILL came in ,NEED TO CHILL kept on angling inwards forcing IBIZA FLING back on to the heels of DOWN THE BACK , IBIZA FLING fell rolling out on to KEREMUS who also fell ,both dogs recovered their footing to finish on to the lure some distance behind the field at the line BERRIDALE BULLET began awkwardly , she raced in the rear going amiss in the home straight dropping back BERRIDALE BULLET, IBIZA FLING , KERAMUS were all referred to the vet for assessment . IBIZA FLING was vetted with a 14 day stand down imposed KERAMUS was vetted with no abnormalities found

Scratchings

Stand Downs

Race Number	Race Name	Stand Down
Race 7	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 2 - C5q - 527 Heat 2	Kiwi Girl Rule HISTORICAL - 64.13 from 16 Feb 2014 to 01 Mar 2014 Aunty Merl Rule HISTORICAL - 64.13 from 12 Feb 2014 to 18 Feb 2014
Race 9	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 4 - C5q - 527 Heat 4	Wayleggo Rule HISTORICAL - 81.1 from 16 Feb 2014 to 17 Feb 2014
Race 11	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 6 - C5q - 527 Heat 6	Validation Rule HISTORICAL - 81.1 from 16 Feb 2014 to 17 Feb 2014
Race 12	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 6 - C5q - 318 Heat 6	Berridale Bullet Rule HISTORICAL - 81.1 from 16 Feb 2014 to 17 Feb 2014 Ibiza Fling Rule HISTORICAL - 81.1 from 16 Feb 2014 to 01 Mar 2014

Swabbings

Race Number	Race Name	Swabbing
Race 1	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 1 - C5q - 318 Heat 1	Big Jamesy Swab No: Pre Race
Race 2	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 2 - C5q - 318 Heat 2	Sozin's Comet Swab No: Pre race
Race 3	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 3 - C5q - 318 Heat 3	Danato Swab No: Post race
Race 4	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 4 - C5q - 318 Heat 4	Hetfield Swab No: Post race
Race 5	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 1 - C5q - 527 Heat 1	Cawbourne Witch Swab No: Post race
Race 6	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 5 - C5q - 318 Heat 5	Wild Punting Swab No: Pre race
Race 7	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 2 - C5q - 527 Heat 2	Sassy Road Swab No: Pre race
Race 8	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 3 - C5q - 527 Heat 3	Blitzing Mayhem Swab No: Post race
Race 9	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 4 - C5q - 527 Heat 4	Jannik Swab No: Post race Mammy Brown Swab No: Pre race
Race 10	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 5 - C5q - 527 Heat 5	Check The Mail Swab No: post race
Race 11	Plaster Board Ltd Auckland Cup Heat 6 - C5q - 527 Heat 6	Code Nine Swab No: Post race
Race 12	MTA Railway Sprint Heat 6 - C5q - 318 Heat 6	Roqette Swab No: Post race