{"id":214544,"date":"2018-07-27T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T09:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=214544"},"modified":"2020-07-29T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T00:26:20","slug":"the-core-of-the-bayliss-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/07\/27\/the-core-of-the-bayliss-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The Core Of The Bayliss Case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apprentices Adam Spinks and Corey Bayliss have benefitted from their experiences at South Burnett race tracks (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/a>July 27, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ross Stanley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Corey Bayliss, the Sunshine Coast apprentice whose first career victory was on Simply Showtime at Nanango in May 2016, was suspended for six weeks at Doomben last weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty to a charge under Australian Rule 135(b) of failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the six horse open sprint to ensure that his horse Tumbler was given full opportunity to win or to obtain the best possible place in the field.<\/p>\n

Stewards claimed Bayliss should have taken his mount wider between the 500 and 400 metre spots and shifted wider to take a run that was available between the 400m and 300m points.<\/p>\n

The official report states that, in determining the penalty, stewards took into account apprentice Bayliss\u2019s guilty plea, his record, having previously been penalised for a breach of this rule, and his relative inexperience in riding in the metropolitan area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corey\u2019s previous infringement of A.R. 135(b) produced a month\u2019s punishment.<\/p>\n

It is worth recalling that episode by revisiting Gunsynd\u2019s Gossip of February 17, 2017<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, at Flemington last Saturday, Mitch Aitken pleaded guilty to a charge under the provisions of AR92(12) for failing to claim his full allowance on two occasions and was fined $500.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was one kilogram over his declared minimum weight and it was his fourth offence this year under this rule.<\/p>\n

Aitken pleaded guilty to a further charge of misconduct under the provisions of AR83a, the specifics of misconduct being:<\/p>\n

(i) For disobeying a direction from a Steward to ensure he rides with the gear he weighs out with when weighing out to ride Credible Witness and…<\/p>\n

(ii) After having weighed out to ride Credible Witness, he told a Steward a mis-truth regarding the riding gear he weighed out with.<\/p>\n

For flouting a direction and apparently lying to a steward, the rider\u2019s penalty was a three-week suspension.<\/p>\n

The official report further indicated that, in making the assessment, Stewards took into account Aitken\u2019s guilty plea and the fact that he is an apprentice.<\/p>\n

There was no suggestion whatsoever that Bayliss\u2019s performance was intentionally sinister.<\/p>\n

Although it was pilot error by a city-Saturday greenhorn, his sentence is twice as long as the one handed out for what seems to be a much more serious misdemeanour by his Victorian counterpart.<\/p>\n

A side issue has been the slanderous assertions made on the web by nom-de-plumes.<\/p>\n

People are entitled to an opinion, but they need to responsibly avoid venturing to public pronouncements that may well be defamatory.<\/p>\n

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Former Nanango Race Club ambassadors Noel Trace, Lainey Gleeson and Sheena Lindholm are all regular race-goers … the Nanango Cup meeting is usually one of the region’s biggest race days every year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bits And Bridles<\/strong><\/h2>\n