Waikato Bay of Plenty Harness Inc

4th,4-bk inr,off,4w top,closed hard

Ld out,dictated,claimed 300,no more

YUROK - weakened final turn hampering a trailing runner.

6th inr,off,rear 400,no dash on inr

Soon ld,set terms,hdd tn,bttld away

4th inr,3-bk,drifting 900,pulled up

YUROK - weakened from the 1000m and was retired from the event. A post-race veterinary examination revealed no abnormality. A warning was placed on the gelding's race performance.

Into trail early,thru lane,no punch

Ld out,trld,brk 1850,out of action

PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN - broke near the 1850m losing its chance.

Ld out,dictated,mastered in shadows

PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN - lay in over the concluding stages.

3rd inr,4-bk,held up rear,tidy late

PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN - lay in and contacted a track marker near the 900m.

4th inr,3bk,carted to rear,tidy mid

PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN - lay in rounding the turns. Hampered when held up by a weakening runner leaving the back straight the final time. Held up late in the run home.

7th otr,wd 700,prkd,ld 450,powerful

PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN - when questioned regarding the improved performance connections advised that they had made an alteration to the gelding's shoeing which proved to be beneficial.

Brk 2nd,rear,4th,prkd 600,fdd (dq)

PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN - broke shortly after the start and galloped for a considerable distance losing ground. Stewards lodged a protest against this runner's 4th placing under Rule 870(3) and the Breaking Horses Regulation alleging the gelding had broken in excess of 150m over the early stages. Connections did not contest the protest and PRESIDENT FLYNNTIN was disqualified by Stewards. A warning was placed on the gelding's barrier manners.

Brk early,tacked on,brk 6th 750 out

SLAINTE - broke rounding the first turn when attempting to hold a position in the running line losing ground. Broke again near the 800m after having been shifted wider on the track losing its chance.

Into trail early,thru,whacked away

SLAINTE - broke briefly shortly after the start losing ground.

3rd,prkd,ld 2000,hdd top,fght well

SLAINTE - Driver G Martin reported that he been unable to activate the removable deafeners due to the clip on the release cord breaking.

Ld out,trld 1100,prkd 700,fght hard

Brk,9th,4-bk otr,wd cvr,wdr,no dash

SLAINTE - broke shortly after the start losing ground.

7th inr,off,held up,plggd away mrks

SLAINTE - had difficulty obtaining clear running early in the home straight. Driver G Martin was warned for dropping his right foot from the sulky footrest over the final 100m.

9th,5-bk inr,1x1,3rd top,brk 100m

SONSOFTHEMERCH - broke under pressure near the 100m. A warning was placed on the gelding's racing manners.

3rd,3-bk inr 1800,brk 650,out of it

SONSOFTHEMERCH - broke briefly at the start losing ground. Broke again near the 600m losing all chance.

Prkd,ld,trld 2000,rough 600m,no zip

SONSOFTHEMERCH - trotted roughly near the 600m losing ground. Trotted roughly again rounding the final turn.

7th inr,4-bk 700,unable to spark up

SONSOFTHEMERCH - trotted roughly near the 300m.

5th inr,4-bk,brk 5th 600m,out of it

SONSOFTHEMERCH - broke near the 650m losing ground before settling. A final warning was placed on the gelding's racing manners.

Brk run-up,rear,4-bk inr,brk 1100m

SONSOFTHEMERCH - broke early in the score up and was back from the unruly position at dispatch. A warning was placed on the gelding's barrier manners. Broke near the 1100m losing all chance. A warning was also placed on this runner's racing manners.

Soon ld,set terms,hdd 200,no more

5th,prkd,ld 2000,hdd top,no answer

JASINOVA - over-raced middle stages when leading. Weakened in the run home.

4th inr,prkd,trld 1400,held up,fair

JASINOVA - hampered by a weakening runner final turn.

Ld out,set terms,gobbled up 100 out

3rd inr,prkd,into ld 1600,reeled in

JASINOVA - shifted outwards near the 1200m when leading but was corrected by Driver L Chin. Shifted outwards again rounding the final turn. Dictated wider by a breaking runner late in the run home. Dr Chin was warned for the manner in which he drove when allowing his horse to shift outwards during the running.

Ld out,dictated terms,crunched late

JASINOVA - raced clear in the lead over the early and middle stages.

9th otr,4-bk,wd cvr,ran on soundly

Wd,up prkd thru'out,drifting 400m

RUBY RIDGE - weakened final turn.

Brk,6th,1x1 1800,off top,bttld away

PATRICK MAHOMES - held up over the final stages of the run home. When questioned regarding his decision not to shift wide early in the home straight to secure clear running Driver Z Butcher stated that the gelding had lay in rounding the turn when he activated the deafeners and improved to the inside of RUBY RIDGE which he had been trailing so he felt his best option then was to look for a run through the middle rather than lose momentum by attempting to restrain and come around that runner. Stewards noted Mr Butcher's comments and took the matter no further.

Brk,6th gap,6-bk inr,off,stout wdst

RUBY RIDGE - broke at the start but soon settled.

Brk early,buried mrks,off,stout mid

RUBY RIDGE - broke at the start losing ground.

Rough,trld,3-bk 1300,plggd in gap