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Post by trackrat on Dec 19, 2008 13:06:05 GMT -5
Keith, what is a "Failure to Honor Declaration"? Is it when someone puts in a claim for a horse and then changes his mind and withdraws the claim?
Or is it when an owner puts a horse up for claim and then refuses to allow the claimant to take possession of the horse?
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Post by thegiss on Dec 19, 2008 13:47:00 GMT -5
Neither-- it is when a horse is entered and then does not show up to race, with no phone call to the judges explaining why. Our judges tend to be pretty lenient -trick breakdowns, weather, personal illnesses, etc, are all "excused" judge's scratches. But a failure to show up with no explanation prior results in a fine.
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Post by trackrat on Dec 19, 2008 15:49:02 GMT -5
So Pete Kass' fine on 12/8/2008 was for a no-show?
Along with the fine, isn't there also a requirement to enter the horse under the same race conditions the next time?
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Post by thegiss on Dec 19, 2008 15:53:18 GMT -5
So Pete Kass' fine on 12/8/2008 was for a no-show? Along with the fine, isn't there also a requirement to enter the horse under the same race conditions the next time? No. The only stipulation is that a horse who was entered for a claiming tag must carry that tag or a lower tag in the next race, regardless of the actual class of the race. But if you were in nw250ps and (as an example) the earnings got raised and made you eligible to nw200ps, you could go there with no penalty.
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Post by trackrat on Dec 19, 2008 16:02:03 GMT -5
No. The only stipulation is that a horse who was entered for a claiming tag must carry that tag or a lower tag in the next race, regardless of the actual class of the race. That's what I meant. Sorry.
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Post by kassracing on Dec 21, 2008 11:39:23 GMT -5
Yes, Pete Kass was dealt with, a $100 fine as well as a scratch. A failure to honor a declaration is also being late to the paddock as well as not warming a horse up by a prescribed time.
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Post by thegiss on Dec 22, 2008 11:44:04 GMT -5
Yes, Pete Kass was dealt with, a $100 fine as well as a scratch. A failure to honor a declaration is also being late to the paddock as well as not warming a horse up by a prescribed time. Thanks for the clarification, but I believe late to the paddock is a different violation-- I assume if you are too late to the paddock, you would be scratched and that would be a "failue to honor," right?
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