RULING NUMBER COM SB 017/2013
COMMISSION HEARING TORONTO, ONTARIO – MAY 9, 2013
NOTICE OF DECISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE RACING COMMISSION ACT, S.O. 2000, c.20;
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE JODY JAMIESON APPEAL
Jody Jamieson appealed against Ruling Number SB 45806.
Date of Hearing: May 9, 2013
ORC Panel Members: Commissioner John W. Macdonald
Representative for Appellant: Self-represented
Representative for the Administration: David Stewart
The Panel denied the appeal.
A transcript with the Panel’s oral Reasons for Decision is attached to this Notice.
DATED at Toronto this 16^th^ day of May 2013.
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Steven Lehman
Executive Director
ONTARIO RACING COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL AND REQUEST
FOR HEARING OF JODY JAMIESON
Held Before:
John Macdonald, Commissioner
Reasons in the above-mentioned matter held
Before the Ontario Racing Commission, Re: JODY
JAMIESON, taken before Toronto Court Reporters,
Suite 1410, 65 Queen Street West, Toronto,
Ontario, at 10 Carlson Court, Suite 400,
Toronto, Ontario, on the 9^th^ day of May, 2013.
Appearances:
David Stewart, For the Ontario
Racing Commission
Administration
TORONTO COURT REPORTERS - TORONTO, ONTARIO
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THE COMMISSIONER: The difficulty I
2 have here is while there are extenuating
3 circumstances, obviously for a horse that was
4 ill in a prior race, Mr. Jamieson you still had
5 enough time when you came in and your mind may
6 be somewhere else thinking what you should do
7 as far as reporting, but you did have an
8 obligation under the rules to notify judges
9 that needed more time, explain why, so that
10 they could at least delay the post parade.
11 The difficulty here is,
12 unfortunately for you, because there were two
13 other drivers that were also late for the post
14 parade. So properly said, even though there
15 were extenuating circumstances and everything
16 else, the difficulty, the onus is on you to
17 notify the judges.
18 So, it's not a serious offence but
19 I think you said it in your testimony earlier
20 that the paying patrons are the ones who are
21 trying to get to the track, not that many but
22 obviously some like to see the post parade and
23 see what horse is like, and if I find them the
24 better and I see my number one horse that I'm
25 picking is having trouble getting to the post
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1 parade at the time, then is there something
2 wrong. I don't mean in equipment, break or
3 something elsewhere where me might have to go
4 back. So the onus is, unfortunately, definitely
5 on you, notwithstanding what happened in the
6 prior race. So I'm going to deny your view and
7 thank you for your participation.
8 MR. JAMIESON: Thank you for your
9 time, sir.
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--- Whereupon at 11:25 a.m. the proceedings
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This is to hereby certify
that the forgoing is a true
17 and accurate transcript of
the proceedings to the best
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Sandra Brereton
22 Certified Court Reporter
Registered Professional Reporter
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