Stipendiary Stewards Report

Waikato Greyhound Racing Club

Cambridge Raceway ON THURSDAY 24 Mar 2022

Weather: Showery
Track: Good
Scales: Correct at checked weights
Health and Safety comment:

Judicial report: Injury Trial:

1) - LACHLAN'S GIRL (T & L Craik) - completed an injury trial as required.

Late scratching:

1) - SMASH VISION (P Heterick) - transport difficulties

Warning:

1) - R O'Regan (NANGAR RIDGE) race 4 - failed to catch as arranged.

Stipendiary Stewards report as posted is provisional and subject to further review and amendment.

Incident Reports

Race Number	Race Name	Incident Report
Race 1	Greyhounds North Maiden Distance - C0d - 650	The 650 metre boxes were manually started due to an ongoing mechanical issue. DUBLIN EXPRESS (2) - bumped first turn. GET ME HOME (6) - bumped first turn.
Race 2	Follow Waikato Greyhounds on Facebook Sprint - C0 - 375	BUNDEE BOMBER (2) - bumped rounding the bend. FILL'S FOLLY (4) - jostled back straight and entering the first turn. Bumped rounding the bend. PORTLAND OPAL (5) - jostled back straight and entering the first turn. Shifted out off heels rounding the bend. PORTLAND ETHAN (6) - tightened making contact after the start. LOCHNESS BRAE (7) - shifted in start making contact. DONNING (8) - slow away.
Race 3	CopRice Working Dog Chicken Sprint - C1 - 375	WHO I AM (1) - tightened making contact back straight. Bumped first turn. SMASH ZONE (2) - steadied off heels after the start. Tightened and checked entering the first turn. BATTLE CRUISER (3) - bumped start the shifted in back straight onto WHO AM I. HOMEBUSH LUTHER (4) - bumped start. Tightened making contact for a distance first turn losing ground. OPAWA TRUMP (5) - tightened making contact for a distance first turn losing ground. HURRICANE BOB (7) - slow away. Tightened making contact for a distance first turn. HARDCORE BRUTE (8) - raced wide into the final straight.
Race 4	Farmlands Virkon Distance - C1/2d - 650	The 650 metre boxes were manually started due to an ongoing mechanical issue. BORING (1) - tightened and checked first turn shifting out off heels. SHANMARIA (4) - collided rounding the final bend. LITTLE TEEGS (5) - checked first turn. SHAYANNA (8) - collided rounding the final bend.
Race 5	Nightrave Rehoming Agency for Greyhounds Sprint - C1 - 375	RUBY EXPRESS (1) - contacted from behind rounding the bend. Presented to the veterinarian following this event and found to have pain in the right long head triceps with a 14 day stand down imposed. WAITERIMU RIPPER (2) - tightened rounding the bend shifting out off heels. Bumped final bend. BAILEY AND CREAM (4) - contact from behind after the start. Held up final bend then made contact. RAMBLIN' EDGE (5) - slow away making contact. Tightened onto the running rail first turn losing ground. Veterinary examination revealed pain in the left hamstring with a 10 day stand down imposed. MARGAUX (7) - checked after the start shifting in across heels making contact for a distance entering the first turn. GINNY GIN (8) - slow away. Contacted from behind first turn becoming badly unbalanced and falling. Regained footing to finish some distance from the field with a veterinary examination revealing no abnormality other than minor scuffing on nail bed with the precautionary 5 day stand down imposed. RAIN AND SHINE (9/6) - slow away making contact. Tightened making contact for a distance entering the first turn.
Race 6	Affordable Pet Accessories Stakes - C3 - 457	BIG TIME BOSTON (1) - tightened and hampered first turn making contact losing ground. OPAWA SANDRIDGE (4) - tightened first turn and contacted from behind losing ground. OPAWA ROWAN (5) - bumped after the start. Awkwardly placed on heels for a distance entering the first turn then tightened and hampered becoming unbalanced losing ground. Contacted hindquarters rounding the bend then shifted out off heels. BIG TIME REWARD (7) - bumped after the start and again first turn. ANGELICA (8) - solid contact first turn becoming unbalanced losing ground. Contacted from behind rounding the bend.
Race 7	Garrards Horse & Hound Sprint - C2 - 375	FORD MAN (2) - contact first turn. DIAMOND TIGER (3) - slow away. Tightened and checked first turn shifting out off heels. JUST NIA (4) - collided rounding the bend. TRIGGERED (5) - collided rounding the bend becoming unbalanced losing ground. THRILLING TEMPER (6) - contact start then shifted in off heels. Tightened and hampered for a distance first turn losing ground. Contact rounding the bend losing ground. OPAWA MEG (7) - contact start. Contact for a distance first turn becoming unbalanced losing ground. SPRING FORWARD (8) - collided first turn and again rounding the bend.
Race 8	Vetora Cambridge Sprint - C5 - 375	ZIPPING AUBRY (8) - inconvenienced final bend.
Race 9	Farmlands CopRice Stakes - C1/2 - 457	LOYAL REDEEMER (1) - bumped first turn. ANTONIO (2) - contact start. Bumped first turn. SOLDIER BLUE (3) - slow away shifting in across heels. Checked first turn contacting hindquarters and shifting into the line of LET EM TALK then raced wide. RHODES WORTHY (4) - slow away then contacted. Raced in restricted room rounding the bend having to steady. OPAWA ANDY (5) - bumped first turn. HIGHVIEW SAMMY (6) - slow away shifting in making contact. Steadied off heels first turn then checked shifting wider making contact. LET EM TALK (7) - bumped back straight losing ground then shifted wide. Checked first turn shifting in off heels. ISN'T SHE BLISS (8) - bumped back straight. Bumped first turn.
Race 10	Mayhounds Greyhound Rehoming Group Sprint - C3 - 375	CALL ME LEO was withdrawn from this event with the connections advising has now been retired from racing. DARK HAZARD (1) - jostled after the start. Tightened and checked first turn. ROCKED IT (3) - jostled after the start. OPAWA BAILEY (4) - slow away. ALLEGRO MADDIE (6) - slow away then shifted in off heels. Bumped first turn. FEDERER (7) - slow away. bumped first turn. BIG TIME GWYN (8) - slow away.
Race 11	The Clubhouse Cambridge Sprint - C4 - 375	PAN EDITION which was withdrawn from this event has been retired from racing. SPRING CESC (1) - collided start. Contact entering the first turn. Checked rounding the bend shifting out off heels. ZIPPING LOCKETT (2) - tightened and checked start. Contact entering the first turn. Collided rounding the bend. OPAWA CAMERON (3) - collided start. Contact entering the first turn. Checked off heels rounding the bend. THRILLING TESSA (4) - bumped rounding the bend. KEA VIKING (8) - collided rounding the bend.
Race 12	Mike Stent Decorators NZ Derby 14/4 Stakes - C4/5 - 457	PEDRO LEE (1) - slow away. Raced in restricted room for a distance rounding the bend. LUCCA (2) - began awkwardly losing ground. ENTREE ONLY (5) - forced wider rounding the bend. RAMBLIN' ANDRE (8) - slow away. Held up rounding the bend shifting out off heels.

Scratchings

Stand Downs

Race Number	Race Name	Stand Down
Race 1	Greyhounds North Maiden Distance - C0d - 650	Jam Packed Rule 40.13 from 23 Mar 2022 to 02 Apr 2022
Race 5	Nightrave Rehoming Agency for Greyhounds Sprint - C1 - 375	Ginny Gin Rule 56.1 from 24 Mar 2022 to 28 Mar 2022 Ruby Express Rule 56.1 from 24 Mar 2022 to 06 Apr 2022 Ramblin' Edge Rule 56.1 from 23 Mar 2022 to 01 Apr 2022

Swabbings

Race Number	Race Name	Swabbing
Race 1	Greyhounds North Maiden Distance - C0d - 650	Portia Swab No: Post race - Urine
Race 2	Follow Waikato Greyhounds on Facebook Sprint - C0 - 375	Thrilling Brodie Swab No: Post race - Urine
Race 3	CopRice Working Dog Chicken Sprint - C1 - 375	Battle Cruiser Swab No: Post race - Urine
Race 4	Farmlands Virkon Distance - C1/2d - 650	Nangar Ridge Swab No: Post race - Urine
Race 7	Garrards Horse & Hound Sprint - C2 - 375	Spring Forward Swab No: Pre race - Urine
Race 9	Farmlands CopRice Stakes - C1/2 - 457	Antonio Swab No: Pre race - Urine
Race 11	The Clubhouse Cambridge Sprint - C4 - 375	Zipping Lockett Swab No: Pre race - Urine
Race 12	Mike Stent Decorators NZ Derby 14/4 Stakes - C4/5 - 457	Pedro Lee Swab No: Post race - Urine Big Time Ripper Swab No: Post race - Urine