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NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Stipendiary Stewards Report

Club
NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc at Addington Raceway
Weather
Overcast
Track
Good
Rail
Not applicable
Stewards
M Sole (Chairman), K Carston, R Butt, R Quirk, M Szukiel
Veterinarian
Dr A A Corser
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General

General
Pre-race blood testing was carried out.

Supplementary

Nil

Summary

Swabbing
TOPAZ, ALOTOFTROUBLE, ENOKA, BONNIE BAGRIE, HEAVEN, MASTER MCGOOGAN
Protests
Nil
Suspensions
Nil
Fines
Nil
Warnings
Race 1A Edge (LOVEYOURMOTHER)
[Rule 869(2) Whip & Rein Regs] - Using whip with more than a wrist flicking motion.
Race 1D Roberts (FLO MOTION)
[Rule 869(2) Whip & Rein Regs] - Using whip with more than a wrist flicking motion.
Race 1C Wigg (OFF THE EDGE)
[Rule 869(3)(b)] - Anticipating a run 100m.
Race 3A Butt (ULTIMATE DREAMER)
[Rule 869(2) Whip & Rein Regs] - Using whip with more than a wrist flicking motion.
Epistaxis
Nil
Horse Action
Race 1LOVEYOURMOTHER - Warned Mobiles
Race 3ULTIMATUM - Cleared From Unruly Mobiles
Race 6JET STREAM - Warned Mobiles
Medical Certificate
Nil
Driver Changes
Nil
Late Scratchings
Nil
Scratching Penalties
Ineligible from 14/05/2026 until 17/05/2026 inclusive (4 days):
TUPPENCE

Race Comments

Race 1   HORSEPITALITY LIMITED (AMATEUR DRIVERS) MOBILE PACE
MIDNIGHT SOPHIA - weakened from the 500m.
BLACKJACK - held up early in the run home.
OFF THE EDGE - held up early and middle stages of the run home until improving into a run that was not fully established near the 100m. Driver C Wigg was issued a warning for anticipating a run. Ms Wigg advised she did not activate the sliding blinds due to being held up.
MOUTON CADET - over-raced early stages.
FLO MOTION - driver D Roberts was issued a warning for using his whip with more than a wrist flicking motion early in the run home.
LOVEYOURMOTHER - hung inwards in the score up and was out of position at the start. A warning was placed on the barrier record of the gelding. Held up early in the run home and lay inwards throughout the run home. Driver A Edge advised he did not activate the removable deafeners in consequence. Mr Edge was issued a warning for using his whip with more than a wrist flicking motion in the run home.
Race 2   TROUBLE LODGE TROT
TRANSTASMAN BUBBLE - tangled away.
BAFFLED - over-raced middle stages.
MODE - raced wide early. Over-raced middle stages.
ALOTOFTROUBLE - raced wide early.
BLUEY - slow to begin.
Race 3   XAVIER / SACRED HEART CLASS OF 73/74 MOBILE PACE
SCOTLYNN FORTRESS - held up final bend.
THE GANGSTER - held up early in the run home.
ENOKA - lay inwards through the middle stages. Again lay inwards over the concluding stages having to be corrected by driver B Orange.
ULTIMATE DREAMER - driver A Butt was issued a warning for using his whip with more than a wrist flicking motion in the run home.
THE SEAMSTRESS - over-raced early stages. Raced wide from the 950m.
SKY NEWS - over-raced early stages. Again over-raced for a distance near the 800m.
ULTIMATUM - cleared from the unruly for future mobile starts. Driver J Dunn advised he had difficulty steering the gelding.
Race 4   FOLLOW ANDREW STUART HARNESS RACING ON FACEBOOK TROT
WHAT THE BELL - broke at the start losing ground.
WAIHEMO HANNAH - weakened final bend.
Race 5   PAUL WILKINS TURNING 70 MOBILE PACE
SOFIA ROSE - over-raced middle stages.
LOUIS - held up throughout the run home. Driver R Cameron advised he did not activate the removable deafeners in consequence. Stewards questioned Mr Cameron regarding his decision not to improve into the three wide line prior to being covered by outside runners near the 500m. Mr Cameron advised that LOUIS is best driven when saved for one run and that the gelding had been under pressure for a short distance just prior to runners improving outside him. Mr Cameron further advised he believed the favoured LOGAN ROCK which he was following would improve into the race giving him the opportunity to shift into clear racing room in the run home however LOGAN ROCK had not improved as well as expected resulting in him being held up. After considering his explanation and viewing the replays, Stewards were satisfied his explanation was not unreasonable in the circumstances and took the matter no further.
FUSION REACTOR - raced wide from the 500m.
SALUTE - over-raced middle stages.
Race 6   BOND RACING / THE SOUTHERN CONNECTION 2YO MOBILE TROT
LA VENTURE - trotted roughly in the early stages.
JET STREAM - trotted roughly in the score up and was out of position at the start. A warning was placed on the barrier record of the gelding. Raced wide early.
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