Stipendiary Stewards Report

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club

Cambridge Raceway ON THURSDAY 22 Feb 2018

Weather: Overcast
Track: Good
Scales: Correct at all weights
Health and Safety comment:

Judicial report: 1) BREEZE ATTACK was scratched from race 2 with connections advising this dog has now been retired from racing. 2) THRILLING RIOT had its previous endorsement cancelled under Rule 55.7 after completing 10 clear runs. 3) F McPhee was fined $50 for failing to arrange a catcher for SONIC ATTACK (race 2). 4) G Farrell was fined $50 for failing to catch DOUG DEEP (race 4). 5) IMAGINE DRAGON (race 3) stood down 3 months for failing to pursue under Rule 55.1b second offence and must complete a satisfactory trial. 6) There was a false start in race 5 due to a mechanical failure of the lure in race 5 with all runners vet checked and cleared to start. The lure was tested prior to restarting the event. As a result of the false start the remainder of the meeting was put back one race with the last race scheduled for 3.57pm. 7) ZARA STORM (race 6) was stood down 3 months for marring under Rule 55.1a second offence and must complete a satisfactory trial. 8) FINKLE FOOT FRED (race 6) will now be boxed first for future racing. 9) Race 10, the 650 metre race, was hand started due to a mechanical failure with the boxes.

Incident Reports

Race Number	Race Name	Incident Report
Race 1	Welcome To Cambridge Raceway Sprint - C0 - 375	FEED THE NEED (2) - jostled final bend. KAESHIUS (3) - contact several strides start. JINJA LAD (4) - contact several strides start. Contact first turn. BIGTIME WAYNO (5) - slow away. Checked off heels first turn losing ground. JETSUN PAINT (6) - bumped start. Race wide. Jostled final bend. JETSUN BEAR (7) - bumped start. Collided first turn. Bumped final bend. SNOOPY'S BRO (8) - slow away. Collided first turn. Bumped final bend.
Race 2	Superior Chunky Dog Rolls Sprint - C4 - 375	MAD HARRY (1) - solid contact first turn losing ground. SHOT GUN HARRY (2) - checked first turn getting on heels losing ground. Contact for a distance rounding the bend. EKALI (3) - checked firs turn shifting wider. ONIC ATTACK (4) - solid contact first turn then contacted from behind losing ground. Contact for a distance rounding the bend. GOOD JOB (8) - slow away. Checked first turn shifting wider.
Race 3	Affordable Pet Accessories Stakes - C0 - 457	IMAGINE DRAGON (1) - turned head outwards in the back straight. Veterinary examination revealed pain in the left groin with a 10 day stand down imposed. Stood down for failing to pursue the lure (2nd offence) 3 months and the completion of a satisfactory trial. JETSUN WOODY (2) - bumped back straight. Contact for a distance first turn losing considerable ground going back onto another runner. Shifted wide final bend when racing at the rear of the field. FANCY CHAP (3) - bumped back straight. Contact for a distance first turn losing ground. Collided rounding the bend. THRILLING ARNOLD (4) - contact after the start. Contact for a distance first turn losing ground then tightened and checked. Shifted wide final bend. JETSUN SWAN (5) - checked start losing ground. Checked rounding the bend losing ground. Forced wide final bend when racing at the rear. FANCY FOX (6) - contact after the start. Contact for a distance first turn then tightened and checked. LEEZROM (7) - checked rounding the bend shifting wider then shifted in making contact.
Race 4	Box Gold Series Heat 1 - C1q - 375 Heat 1	MAGNETUDE EIGHT (2) - shifted across heels rounding the bend. Collided final bend. KATCHA NINJA (4) - shifted into the line of another runner approaching the first turn. Dragged down rounding the bend. EF AY ZARR (5) - contact start. Shifted in across heels entering the first turn. Tightened and checked rounding the bend. MIDNIGHT DAYDREAM (6) - contact start and again first turn. Bumped rounding the bend. JACK NO LAG (7) - contact start and again several occasions first turn. Collided final bend. HOT MACHINE (8) - inconvenienced first turn taken wider.
Race 5	Box Gold Series Heat 2 - C1q - 375 Heat 2	There was a false start to this event due to a mechanical failure with the lure on the first turn. All runners were examined by the veterinarian and cleared to race. The lure was tested to satisfaction prior to restarting the event. ZIMMER FRAME (1) - tightened and checked first turn losing ground. LYTWORX (2) - slow away. SCOTT THE LOOKS (3) - tightened and checked first turn losing ground. BARK DE TRIOMPHE (4) - angled in first turn making contact. AGISTRI (5) - contact start. Inconvenienced first turn making contact shifting wider. Raced wide. DON MOROCCO (6) - contact start. Checked back straight. ATLAS SHRUGGED (7) - bumped start. Shifted in making contact. Inconvenienced first turn making contact shifting wider. Lost ground concluding stages with a veterinary examination revealing no abnormality.
Race 6	Box Gold Series Heat 3 - C1q - 375 Heat 3	THRILLING RIOT (2) - bumped first turn. Checked final bend. WAS JUST SAYING (3) - contact for several strides after the start. Jostled for some distance rounding the bend. Contacted final bend then hampered throughout the final straight losing its chance. Veterinary examination revealed no abnormality. FINKLE FOOT FRED (4) - difficult to box and will now be boxes first for its immediate future racing. Bumped first turn. ZARA STORM (6) - contact for several strides after the start. Jostled for some distance rounding the bend losing ground. Angled out onto WAS JUST SAYING rounding the final bend making contact then in the final straight turned its head outwards and marred the running of this runner throughout the final straight. Veterinary examination revealed no abnormality. Subsequently stood down under Rule 55.1a marring for 3 months and the completion of a satisfactory trial (2nd offence). OPAWA VELOCETTE (7) - inconvenienced rounding the bend shifting wider. Inconvenienced entering the final straight. BARWON BANDIT (8) - inconvenienced rounding the bend shifting wider.
Race 7	The Clubhouse Sports Bar Sprint - C2 - 375	ALI ALI ALI (2) - checked start. Shifted wide final straight. SCOTT NO VALUE (3) - checked start. Bumped first turn. JINJA MIA (5) - contact first turn. UMAGA RAMA (6) - hampered start. Bumped first turn. UNO TWENTY FIVE (7) - bumped start. Bumped first turn. Shifted wide final straight. STRIKE LOTTO (8) - bumped start and again first turn.
Race 8	Garrards Horse & Hound Stakes - C1 - 457	BARWON STORM (2) - bumped start. Bumped final bend. VICTINI (3) - checked start losing ground. Solid contact first turn losing ground. Shifted off heels rounding the bend. OPAWA VEGAN (4) - bumped several occasions start. Solid contact first turn losing ground then shifted out onto other runners. . OUT OF PAPER (5) - slow away then made contact. Contact back straight and again first turn. OPAWA ANTHONY (6) - bumped after the start. Contact first turn. Bumped final bend. SECRET BABE (7) - bumped after the start. Contact back straight. Inconvenienced first turn. HOME BOUND (8) - slow away. Badly hampered first turn losing ground.
Race 9	Fond Foods Ltd Sprint - C2/3 - 375	CORUBA CATE (1) - shifted out into the line of another runner rounding the bend then raced wide. JETSUN JAMIE (2) - held up rounding the bend then checked. Shifted out across heels final bend. Collided concluding stages. HEY KHALI (3) - contact rounding the bend. Held up final bend. Collided concluding stages. NANGAR PANTHER (4) - checked start. Contact rounding the bend. ONE COOL CHAP (5) - checked start. Bumped final bend. RAGING DEMON (6) - checked start. Checked rounding the bend losing ground. VANOS (7) - bumped final bend. OPAWA LIBBY (8) - contact rounding the bend. Held up final bend.
Race 10	Waikato Distance - C2d - 650	DUSTY GAMBLER (1) - checked out off heels first turn. EFFECTUAL (2) - bumped start. THRILLING RAIDER (4) - bumped start. Tightened leaving the back straight contacting the running rail losing ground. Veterinary examination revealed no abnormality. THRILLING FLO (8) - bumped leaving the back straight.
Race 11	Mike Stent Decorators Ltd Stakes - C2 - 457	RUBBED OUT (2) - solid contact first turn losing considerable ground. YOOLDOME (3) - bumped back straight. SALVAROTTI (4) - bumped back straight. OPAWA SILVER (6) - badly hampered first turn getting dragged down losing considerable ground. Veterinary examination revealed no abnormality. SAN TAN SAMSON (8) - slow away. Solid contact first turn losing considerable ground.
Race 12	Farmlands Hautapu Stakes - C3/4 - 457	JIMMY'S ROCKET (2) - contact start then checked off heels. Bumped first turn. BARWON ANNIE (3) - tightened and checked after the start. Bumped first turn. BIGTIME DAZZLER (4) - slow away. JINJA ROMAN (5) - contact start. OSCAR TRON (6) - shifted into the line of another runner after the start. LETRON JAMES (8) - inconvenienced first turn shifting wider.

Scratchings

Stand Downs

Race Number	Race Name	Stand Down
Race 3	Affordable Pet Accessories Stakes - C0 - 457	Imagine Dragon Rule 55.1 b from 22 Feb 2018 to 22 Feb 2018
Race 6	Box Gold Series Heat 3 - C1q - 375 Heat 3	Dagny Rule 40.11 from 21 Feb 2018 to 20 Mar 2018 Sings Like Elvis Rule 40.15 from 21 Feb 2018 to 20 Mar 2018 Zara Storm Rule 55.1 a from 22 Feb 2018 to 22 May 2018
Race 10	Waikato Distance - C2d - 650	Thrilling Cruise Rule 40.13 from 21 Feb 2018 to 02 Mar 2018
Race 12	Farmlands Hautapu Stakes - C3/4 - 457	Lochinvar Brogue Rule 40.13 from 21 Feb 2018 to 20 Mar 2018

Swabbings

Race Number	Race Name	Swabbing
Race 1	Welcome To Cambridge Raceway Sprint - C0 - 375	Surge Ahead Swab No: Post race
Race 3	Affordable Pet Accessories Stakes - C0 - 457	Imagine Dragon Swab No: Post race
Race 4	Box Gold Series Heat 1 - C1q - 375 Heat 1	Allegro Cody Swab No: Post race
Race 5	Box Gold Series Heat 2 - C1q - 375 Heat 2	Bark De Triomphe Swab No: Post race
Race 6	Box Gold Series Heat 3 - C1q - 375 Heat 3	Opawa Velocette Swab No: Post race
Race 9	Fond Foods Ltd Sprint - C2/3 - 375	One Cool Chap Swab No: Post race
Race 10	Waikato Distance - C2d - 650	Dusty Gambler Swab No: Post race