Stanaway scratches over a sandwich
Jul 5, 2015 16:05:54 GMT -5
Post by cait on Jul 5, 2015 16:05:54 GMT -5
lol he's an ok trainer - strange! guess he was really hungrey and decided to leave the track
Stanaway scratches over a sandwich
Tom Biddington
racing.com
This is one for the 'truth is stranger than fiction' files.
Torquay trainer Bryce Stanaway scratched three of his horses from Racing.com Park on Sunday because of a dispute over sandwiches.
Yep, you read that correctly.
It’s understood Stanaway wanted a sandwich from the winners’ bar, but was told no.
An argument with a Pakenham Racing Club official ensued and the trainer declared if they weren’t going to give him a sandwich, he was going to scratch his remaining three runners at the meeting.
So that’s exactly what happened.
Entirely Perfect and Trinidadian were taken out of race eight, while Traveling Wilbury was removed from the ninth.
“Bryce requested that his last three horses for the day be scratched,” steward Taylor Wilson, who was chairing the meeting, said.
“There was an issue with the club, we’re led to believe, he’s put forward his side of what’s occurred – he was a bit disappointed with the way the club handled an issue that he had.
“We’ve yet to talk to the club in regards to that, but we will be doing that before the end of the day.
“At the end of the day, we acceded to his request and authorised the scratching of three horses.
“As far as we’re concerned, he wasn’t prepared to run his horses today and what the argument about is neither here nor there, we’re dealing with the racing of horses and not any catering issues that may or may not have occurred.”
Stanaway, who also had Black Soul and Bardell compete in race four, is the first owner listed in all three of the runners scratched.
There are an infinite number of reasons to stop horses from getting to the races, but this is definitely one of the more unusual.
Stanaway scratches over a sandwich
Tom Biddington
racing.com
This is one for the 'truth is stranger than fiction' files.
Torquay trainer Bryce Stanaway scratched three of his horses from Racing.com Park on Sunday because of a dispute over sandwiches.
Yep, you read that correctly.
It’s understood Stanaway wanted a sandwich from the winners’ bar, but was told no.
An argument with a Pakenham Racing Club official ensued and the trainer declared if they weren’t going to give him a sandwich, he was going to scratch his remaining three runners at the meeting.
So that’s exactly what happened.
Entirely Perfect and Trinidadian were taken out of race eight, while Traveling Wilbury was removed from the ninth.
“Bryce requested that his last three horses for the day be scratched,” steward Taylor Wilson, who was chairing the meeting, said.
“There was an issue with the club, we’re led to believe, he’s put forward his side of what’s occurred – he was a bit disappointed with the way the club handled an issue that he had.
“We’ve yet to talk to the club in regards to that, but we will be doing that before the end of the day.
“At the end of the day, we acceded to his request and authorised the scratching of three horses.
“As far as we’re concerned, he wasn’t prepared to run his horses today and what the argument about is neither here nor there, we’re dealing with the racing of horses and not any catering issues that may or may not have occurred.”
Stanaway, who also had Black Soul and Bardell compete in race four, is the first owner listed in all three of the runners scratched.
There are an infinite number of reasons to stop horses from getting to the races, but this is definitely one of the more unusual.