Follow Up Report

YOUNG 17/12/2024

Race 4, Rusty Dancer/Muscle Town/Glenburns Waters

At Bathurst on the 4^th of June 2025 Stewards conducted an inquiry into the fall from the above race, evidence was taken from Driver’s M Turnbull (RUSTY DANCER), B Micallef (MUSCLE TOWN) and M Rue (CERISE RAINBOW). It was established that shortly after the start MUSCLE TOWN shifted-in slightly tightening RUSTY DANCER and as the field approached the first turn CERISE RAINBOW, which was inclined to hang-in away from AMERICAN BOULEVARD which was hanging-in, had come down the track resulting in MUSCLE TOWN shifting in further away from it and Driver B Micallef being unable to shift MUSCLE TOWN back out to relieve the tightening to RUSTY DANCER. As a result of the tightening, RUSTY DANCER was taken down over the marker pegs and attempted to jump that marker peg and broke gait, and while galloping shifted out and contacted the sulky of GLENBURNS WATERS, resulting in Driver J Field being dislodged from his sulky and GLENBURNS WATERS falling a short distance later, furthermore VIENNA OPERA was severely checked and broke gait. Given the circumstances Stewards felt the incident was a result of a number of contributing factors and did not feel any one Driver or horse was at fault, so would report it as a racing incident while advising B Micallef to exercise more care in future to prevent the initial tightening.