The Ontario Racing Commission today released three rulings in regard to appeals from Kevin Skilton, Les Ecuries Giroux Inc., Jacques Caron, Travis Bowman and Michael Wassilyn.
In the first ruling, an ORC panel dismissed an appeal from Kevin Skilton, Les Ecuries Giroux Inc. and Jacques Caron in regard to the horse Match Bayama.
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In the second ruling, an ORC panel dismissed an appeal from Travis Bowman in regard to a positive test for the Class V drug Procaine which came from the horse Cheap Motel.
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In the third ruling, an ORC panel dismissed an appeal from horseman Michael Wassilyn in regard to his driving actions while aboard CR King Triton during a race at Kawartha Downs in April, 2008.
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The ruling on the out of
The ruling on the out of province situation with Match Bayama is a poor decision. The rule was put in place to ensure horses arent taken out of the province (permanently). This horse raced in a stakes race and returned and has raced in Ontario since.
I see they wanted the owners to scratch the horse after he made the final. Did they think to ask the owners how much entry fee they paid, the cost to ship the horse there?
The rule is to ensure claimers dont disappear and it should be in place for racing overnights, not stakes races.
I laughed at the paddock meeting where they discussed a change even though its not in the rules. So every new trainer, since 2002 even though they wouldnt have been at the meeting, needs to somehow know the printed rule differs from whats in place.
A poor decision - looks like they stuck it to the small guys again.
Match Bayama connections
Match Bayama connections keep up the great work, you stole this horse for $18,000 when claimed. It's terrible that the small owners in the business have to deal with these kinds of fines.