Moonee Valley Stalls area.

Secretary reported that he had met with V Lynch, R Pongho and the OH&S representative from Moonee Valley and they had agreed with the plan to alter the stalls area back to the way it was. They would also fix areas where there were holes appearing in the ash felt.

Metropolitan Stakes

Secretary provided three documents relating to the distribution of stakemoney over recent years:

1. Summary of distributed stakemoney, metropolitan versus country by season since 1987/88

2. Summary of metropolitan stakemoney levels by class since 1/7/88

3. Summary of actual races run, broken down by pacers versus trotters since season1987/88

Mares Races

Secretary confirmed that mares were not entitled to get double lifts into races. They get one lift of class or either concession driver, not both.

Driver Splits

Secretary confirmed that driver splits were no longer in place.

Sectional Times

Secretary provided two summaries with regard sectional times:

1. List of all those fined for sectional time offences since Nov 1 2004

2. List of all sectionals for those races subject to the 32 second rule since Nov 1 2004

It was agreed that as there were very few being fined for the 32 quarters infringement then we should not bring this issue to HRV’s attention.

Fines

Secretary provided a list by month, by type of the fines imposed by stewards for season 2003/04 and this season to date. 

Sulky Fund

Moved we offer to discuss the future of the sulky fund with the M&CTA. Secretary to prepare proposal for submission to M&CTA and HRV at our consultation meeting in April.

Consultation Procedures

Moved we request HRV that the committees’ executive, being President, two Vice Presidents and Secretary be represented at the consultation meeting. If two of these were unavailable for a particular meeting then an alternate would be included.

Harness Racer Column

Moved we write to HRV regarding the withdrawal from the Racer of the Kindred bodies columns. As the Trainers & Drivers are the captive client of the Racer and therefore should be entitled to at least a half page column in each month’s edition.

Melton Club

Moved we write to the Melton Club and HRV suggesting that foresight be used and every effort should be made to build a 1400m track at Melton.

Drivers Fee

Moved we write to HRV requesting the increasing of the driver’s fee from September 1.