It seems the more serious the riding offence, the less information is imparted to the public.
It is a situation which is untenable and one that chief stipendiary steward John Schreck, who is otherwise doing a magnificent job, will have to address.
It is also in direct contravention to the promises made after the Jason Weaver-Seattle Sun debacle at Happy Valley a couple of seasons ago, a time when Schreck was not in situ but three members of his current stipes panel were.
Then the public, after much internal discussion by Jockey Club officials, were promised much fuller and franker stipendiary stewards' reports.
But just compare the report issued after jockey Alan Munro was suspended until the beginning of February, a serious suspension which encompasses 16 meetings, with yesterday's report after the minor careless riding suspensions imposed on Munro's fellow rider, Wendyll Woods, and the luckless Irishman Jimmy Quinn.
Munro, for his riding of the Geoff Lane-trained Silent Partner at Sha Tin on November 21, was found to have breached Rule 131 (ii), which deals with jockeys taking all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing on their mounts.
