Racing NSW Stewards advised on Friday that have declared Awesome Pluck ineligible for the NSW Country Championships after it was discovered that the gelding was stabled at the premises of Mr. Barry Lockwood at Eagle Farm in Queensland for a period leading up to the Mid North Coast Country Championships event at Taree on Sunday 23 February 2020.

Stewards determined this to be a contravention of the 2020 Country Championships Race Conditions, and accordingly, have declared Awesome Pluck ineligible. Trainer Jenny Graham has been advised that an inquiry will be commenced regarding her apparent failure to advise Stewards of a change of stabling address for Awesome Pluck.