Sylvester wrote: in my opinion the jockey of the winner deserves a holiday
and
the winner should have been relegated to 4th place. Based on 4th place objection against the winner. Muzi' horse would have run third if not for the poor poor ride by Moodley.
Soft sanction from the Stipes
mr hawaii wrote:
Sylvester wrote: c) In the concluding stages, SEA OF TRANQUILITY (M Yeni) had to be checked and lost position, when awkwardly placed on the heels of ONE NIGHT IN PARIS (S Moodley) which was hanging out and shifted out from the 300m.
A member of the Stipendiary Board called a race review into this incident. However, after viewing the patrol films from the various angles, no further action was taken. In arriving at this decision, the Stipendiary Steward took into consideration that despite SEA OF TRANQUILITY (M Yeni) being prejudiced with regard to its finishing position by the interference, it could not be established from the footage that SEA OF TRANQUILITY (M Yeni) would have beaten ONE NIGHT IN PARIS (S Moodley) but for the above interference. An Inquiry will be opened into this incident.[/quote
Can the stipes say with certainty that Sea Of Tranquility would not have finished second or third but for the interference? Imagine in those big 5 Mil sales races - what's the difference between 2nd and 4th place - These rulings need logic not airy fairy applications - Blind Justice needed not blind speculation
Old objection rules he definitely loses the race.
I think if you interfere with a horse and cost it a place you go behind the horse you interfered with.
I know it seems unfair if you win by 5 lengths but cause the 4th horse to lose 3rd position you get demoted to 4th but it will stop a lot of this race riding tactics employed by the jocks.
And as for Moodley,he definitely needs a suspension.
