18th January 2005, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by La Mer
In other words in your example B would be relegated behind C and as D dead-heated with C, in this case B would also be placed behind it as well.
D dead-heated with C and had nothing to do with the interference nor the protest and therefore retains is dead-heat status.
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I contacted the NSW stewards about this particular type of protest and their response follows:
"In short the result of protest 1 if upheld would be:
A - C/D dh – B
The principle applied comes from the power under AR 136 (2) which says in part “…they may place the first mentioned horse immediately after the horse interfered with.” Stewards also have the power, though rarely exercised, to disqualify horses involved in interference.
Kind Regards,
Mark Brassel
Racing NSW (Australia)"
Which is exactly what I stated the outcome would be. |