The Irish Leopardstown program on Saturday 13 September will be a World Pool event.

World Pools will be offered on all races.

World Pools will be on the Win, Place, Swinger, Quinella, Exacta and Trifecta.

Quartet pools will be hosted by Saftote.

We will only be offering the Pick6 (Race 2 to Race 7) and the Jackpot (Race 4 to Race 7).

Please take note that there will be no Place Accumulator and Bipot due to the number of runners.

All other bets will be available.

RACE 1

(1) PALANCAR ran a cracker in the last start and looks tough to beat here, he will be the banker in all bets. (6) STAND UP has been running consistently and won’t be far. (10) AM STILL WINNING ran a much improved race at big odds and can build on that. (9) PILGRIM is making progress and wasn’t far on provincial debut, he will get closer. (Devonne Govender 1-6-10-9).

RACE 2

(7) PRICELESS TREASURE hasn’t been far recently and with a light weight will be a big challenger for the top prize. (3) LADY BOMBER is knocking on the door, she has finished 2nd in her last two starts and is expected to fight this out with the top selection. (5) AMANATTO was a sudden improver in the last start and will be there if repeating that run. (10) IVY ran a cracker in the last start, she gets the claimer up who is in great form and can win this. (Devonne Govender 7-3-5-10).

RACE 3

(2) OH MANDY is holding consistent form and will be the narrow first choice in an open race. She has had many chances but will be in the mix. (3) CELTIQUE is another who is holding form, she hasn’t been far and will go very close. (4) LADY PENNY has scope to go well over this trip with the claimer up, you can expect big improvment hence she must be included in everything. (1) GENTEEL has a decent draw and is another who cannot be ignored, she can win this. (Devonne Govender 2-3-4-1).

RACE 4

(2) GIMME MORE TIME ran a cracker in the last start, she is holding form and will take some beating. (7) KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is holding decent form but does take on slightly stronger, she looks up to the task and will be a big danger to the top selection. (10) PEDRO is a very honest type and another good run can be expected, include in the placings. (1) BRENDEN JAMES won easily at huge odds in the last start, a repeat of that run will see him challenging strongly. (Devonne Govender 2-7-10-1).

RACE 5

(8) GREEN ISLE was very impressive in her last two wins, she looks tough to beat here. (3) FAMILY POWER is holding consistent form and another decent run can be expected. (4) STATE SECRET ran second behind the top selection and there won’t be much to choose once again. (5) TREASURE HUNT is never far back, she is an honest type and will run well. (Devonne Govender 8-3-4-5).

RACE 6

(4) COSMIC CLIFFS is in top form and if this continues she will be tough to beat. Although she won her maiden at long odds he ran a cracker in the last start, she gets Nirvan Nastilli aboard once again who knows her well so she will be a serious contender. (1) TWILIGHT BAY will jump from the best draw, she is another who ran well after the maiden victory and should be included in everything. (5) TAKE YOUR TIME is holding consistent form and another decent run is expected. (2) LADY ZULTANITE is capable of much better so throw into the quartet, on best form she can win. (Devonne Govender 4-1-5-2).

RACE 7

(4) PARTY GIRL won a gutsy race on debut and could be anything, she will be the first choice in this field respectfully. (7) JET SET RUN won easily in the last start and will be in the firing line. (3) RAVILIOUS was ultra-impressive in his last start and repeat will see him challenging strongly. (10) WAR LAUNCH is capable of a big finish on his day and will be flying at them, include in quartets. (Devonne Govender 4-7-3-10).

RACE 8

(1) TINTAMARRE is holding good form and looks tough to beat, he has shown he is capable of a big finish so another decent run is expected despite the tough draw. (4) SILVER TYCOON ran extremely well in the last start and will go very well here. (5) SWISS WALT is holding consistent form and gets a much better draw this time, respect here. (2) MONTANA LIGHTS is capable of much better , she represents Highveld from which stands up well here so should be included in larger perms. (Devonne Govender 1-4-5-2).

David Thiselton

 

One aspect of horseracing that the public often appear to have a misunderstanding of is the lodging of objections, with particular reference to who lodges the objection.

 

A regular lament heard in racing circles, in the case where a jockey, trainer or owner lodges an obvious looking objection, is, “Why did the stipendiary stewards not lodge the objection? They must have been sleeping.”

 

The common misconecption is that trainers, jockeys and owners only object if the stipendiary stewards do not object.

 

This is false.

 

The relevant rules on the lodgement of objections state:

 

67.7.1 An OBJECTION shall be made in WRITING and signed by the PERSON lodging it, within the time limits laid down in RULE 68.2. Except when lodged by a LICENSED OFFICIAL, such confirmation shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee, which may be refunded at the discretion of the OBJECTION BOARD.

 

67.7.2 An OBJECTION may only be lodged by the following PERSONS: 67.7.2.1 LICENSED OFFICIALS; 67.7.2.2 the OWNER and/or TRAINER, or their AUTHORISED AGENT, of a HORSE which participated in the RACE concerned; 67.7.2.3 the RIDER of a HORSE in the RACE concerned.

 

68.2 Notification of intention to object on any of the grounds referred to in this RULE shall be given verbally to the Clerk of the Scales and/or the Chief Stipendiary Steward of the SB prior to the ALL CLEAR being announced in terms of RULE 66.3.3. The notification of an OBJECTION must be confirmed in WRITING and the prescribed fee paid, or the OBJECTION withdrawn within a further 3 minutes from the expiry of the time referred to in 86 this RULE. There will be no penalty if the notification of intention to object is withdrawn within the stipulated time. In the event that any OBJECTION referred to in this RULE is not confirmed, such OBJECTION shall lapse.

 

 

 

The stipendiary stewards, upon seeing obvious interference in a race that might have affected the result, will immediately announce a “race review”. This is relayed to the commentator, who announces it publicly.

 

The stipes will then have a look at the race replays and decide whether there are grounds for an objection or not.

 

Close races are usually accompanied by emotions and this is particularly the case when a horse who should have won is hampered and loses narrowly.

 

The end result is that a trainer, jockey or one of the other connections, will sometimes burst into the boardroom and lodge an objection.

 

The stipendiary stewards might still be reviewing the race when this happens.

 

They cannot stop one of the connections from objecting.

 

As the rule states any one of the following may lodge an objection: a licensed official, the trainer or owner or their authorised agent, or the jockey.

 

The only difference when one of the connections objects, as opposed to one of the licensed officials, is that the former will have to pay a prescribed fee in order to lodge the objection.

 

This fee is forfeited if the stipes consider the objection to have been unwarranted. In addition, they may in rare cases impose a fine not exceeding R3000 on the PERSON lodging the OBJECTION.

 

The question then is why would one of the connections risk the fee when a stipendiary steward could object?

 

The answer could be that in an obvious case they would know there is no chance of the fee being forfeited, but they might believe the time in which the objection has to be lodged could lapse and would not want to risk that. An objection being lodged might also simply serve as an emotional release.

 

Tied in with the first common misconception mentioned is the belief that if the stipendiary stewards do not object, the objection has less chance of being upheld. The likely reason for this is due to the misconception that if the stipes decided not to object then they must have believed there were no grounds for it and they were thus unlikely to change their minds in the ensuing objection inquiry.

 

The other common public belief is that if the stipendiary stewards object there is more chance of the objection being upheld.

 

There is an inkling of truth in this, because the stipes will generally view the interference from all angles and in much more detail than the connections would have been able to. Obviously that takes a bit of time and the stipes will get a good idea of the nature of the interference during the review.

 

Likening this to football, when VAR suggests to the referee that he or she should come and have a look at the VAR replay, the decision is usually reversed because VAR would have been able to look at the incident in a lot more detail.

 

In horseracing the longer the review takes, the more chance there is of one of the connections objecting. This is why in the 50/50 cases it is often one of the connections, rather than a licensed official, who objects.

 

However, it is not necessarily the case that an objection lodged by the stipes will be upheld, because the first part of the process is just to ascertain whether the objection is warranted and there then has to be deliberation on whether the interfered with horse would otherwise have won the race.

 

Furthermore, only one stipendiary steward lodges the objection and he or she is then not allowed to be on the ensuing objection board.

 

If there are not three stipes to do it when one of them steps down then another licensed official is co-opted on to the objection board.

 

The officials on the objection board might well disagree with the official who lodged the objection.