SPREYTON trainer Darryl Horner (snr) was yesterday fined $3000 for failing to notify stewards of an injury to one of his horses that may have prevented it from performing well in a race in Hobart in March.
Racing Services Tasmania Stewards yesterday concluded their inquiries into the reasons for Predator finishing last in a field of six at its first start from a three-month break.
Predator finished almost 12 lengths from the winner Little River Girl and was noted in the stewards’ report as laying in and laying out over the final 300 metres of the race on March 10.
Evidence was tendered by the trainer, stable foreman Gareth Horner, managing part owner Mrs S Umbgrove and veterinary surgeon Dr J McKenna.
Horner (Snr) pleaded guilty to a charge under the provisions of AR 140(a)
the particulars being that as the trainer of Predator he failed to report to stewards that
March 8, two days before the race, the gelding was examined by Dr J McKenna who reported to him through Gareth Horner that Predator had a tendon condition which may affect its running in a race.
The trainer was fined the sum of $3000 and his son was severely reprimanded under the provisions of AR 175(k) for being negligent and not notifying stewards of a condition that may have affected Predator running in a race.