Bernard Hettel

The appellants, a horse owner and a jockey, appealed the Stewards' rulings disqualifying their horse from first place and suspending the jockey for three days for alleged interference during a race.

The Ontario Racing Commission heard the appeal de novo.

Based on new video evidence and expert testimony, the Panel found that the jockey did not interfere with, intimidate, or impede any other horse, but merely moved into unoccupied space.

The Panel granted both appeals and restored the original order of finish.

The appellants, a jockey and a trainer, appealed the Stewards' rulings that disqualified their horse from first to third place and suspended the jockey for three days due to alleged interference during a race.

The Stewards had determined that the jockey's horse moved into the path of another horse, causing its rider to check.

The majority of the Ontario Racing Commission Panel allowed the appeals, finding that there was sufficient clearance, no contact occurred, and the other horse was not impeded or bothered within the meaning of the rules.

The original order of finish was restored and the suspension was overturned.

A dissenting commissioner would have upheld the Stewards' rulings.

A jockey, trainer, and owner appealed a stewards' ruling that disqualified their horse from first place and suspended the jockey for three days due to interference during a race.

The appellants argued that the interference was caused by another jockey's whip getting caught in their horse's tail.

The Ontario Racing Commission found that the jockey initiated the interference by aggressively moving his horse into the path of others, which caused the whip to become entangled.

The appeals were denied, the disqualification was upheld, and the jockey's suspension was confirmed.