El Dante (Athandiwe Mgudlwa) goes hammer and tongs with Birthright (Smanga Khumalo) in the fourth race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The Sporting Post fielded a number of questions from punters after an objection in the fourth race at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday went somewhat against the grain of anticipation.
Efforts to contact the Stipes in KZN were not successful, but the report and the race replay is carried below.
The Stipes said:
Over the final 150m Birthright (S Khumalo) was carried out and brushed out on two occasions by El Dante (A Mgudlwa) which was hanging out from the 200m.
A race review was called by a member of the Stipendiary Board which was followed by an Objection being lodged by Jockey S Khumalo on behalf of the joint second placed horse Birthright against the winner El Dante, on the grounds of interference in the latter stages.
The Board, after hearing the evidence presented, was of the opinion that,but for the interference, Birthright would not have beaten El Dante and therefore over-ruled the objection.
In arriving at this decision the Board took into account the extent of the interference, the distance of 0,30 lengths between the two horses at the finish and the fact that the El Dante improved past Birthright prior to the interference.
Therefore the Objection was overruled, the Judge’s result was allowed to stand and Jockey S Khumalo’s deposit was refunded.
