Owners of Curtain Call have, as expected, lodged an appeal to the Irish Turf Club against the decision of the Curragh stewards not to promote their horse to fourth place in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.

The Luca Cumani-trained colt and Sir Michael Stoute's Tartan Bearer appeared to be badly hampered by Alessandro Volta about a furlong from the finish of Sunday's Classic.

Alessandro Volta, who swerved violently left in the closing stages, was demoted to fourth place from third with Tartan Bearer being awarded that position.

The local stewards were not satisfied that Curtain Call would have finished in front of Alessandro Volta had he not been hampered and decided not to promote him from fifth.

Curtain Call finished just over two-and-a-half lengths behind Alessandro Volta in a rough race won by the latter's stablemate Frozen Fire.

"Yes, we lodged an appeal this afternoon," said Patrick Cooper, spokesman for Curtain Call's syndicate of owners.

Confirming the appeal, Patrick Cooper, spokesman for Curtain Call's syndicate of owners, said: "It's very early days, so we'll see what happens and we'll know the date of the hearing in due course."

This was confirmed by the Irish Turf Club's press officer Cliff Noone, who said: "The next step is try to get a date which suits everybody."

就話Alessandro Volta 在最後階段阻到多隻馬...所以就研訊

Tartan Bearer 因此得直..得到第3..

小組認為隻馬唔會在Alessandro Volta 過終點..維持原判

但 Curtain Call 馬主認為隻馬同樣受阻..

所以就上訴..


不過隻馬為左第4而上訴...好像:ooo:

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果然...上訴當然唔得啦:yyy:

AFTER almost an hour of evidence, it took only ten minutes' deliberation by the Turf Club's appeals body on Thursday to dismiss the appeal lodged by the owners of Curtain Call against the failure of the Curragh stewards to promote the Luca Cumani-trained colt above Alessandro Volta in the Irish Derby.

Curtain Call finished fifth in the Classic, two and a half lengths behind Alessandro Volta, who was demoted from third to fourth for hampering Tartan Bearer, who was promoted to third. But the Curragh stewards were not satisfied that Alessandro Volta had improved his placing in relation to Curtain Call by veering left and causing interference to him aboutone furlong from the finish.

After the appeals panel took the same view as the Curragh stewards, Patrick Cooper, whose wife Juliet and her partners in Curtain Call lodged the appeal, said: “I cannot believe it. Two wrongs don't make a right.”

Cumani, who along with Fran Berry, who rode Curtain Call at the Curragh, gave evidence during the hearing, said: “I'm disappointed at the outcome, but we have closure now and we've got to look to the future.”

The argument centred on whether the accidental interference was significant and what effect it had on the placings of the two horses at the finish.

Berry maintained that his mount had come from being two lengths behind Alessandro Volta to within three-quarters of a length at the point of impact and that his mount was “very lucky” not to fall.                
He added that Curtain Call lost all his momentum as a result of the incident and that he felt he would have finished in front of Alessandro Volta had the interference not occurred.

However, Alessandro Volta's rider Johnny Murtagh stated that his mount ducked and that Alessandro Volta was about one length in front of Curtain Call when the incident took place.

Murtagh added that his mount stayed on “to the line” and that, had he kept straight, he would have finished first or second and that Curtain Call had made “no ground on my horse” in the closing stages of the race.

The appeals body dismissed the appeal on the basis that there was substantial doubt as to whether or not Alessandro Volta had improved his placing in relation to Curtain Call as a result of causing the interference. They also ordered that the appeal deposit be refunded.

Willie Mullins yesterday lost his appeal against the demotion of Cler, trained by him and ridden byRuby Walsh, from a share of first place in the Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle at Killarney on July 17. Cler was demoted to second place for interfering with Grantsville, who was named the winner.


Murtagh added that his mount stayed on “to the line” and that, had he kept straight, he would have finished first or second and that Curtain Call had made “no ground on my horse” in the closing stages of the race.:yyy:

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