The matter had been ongoing since September 14, when the gelding finished eighth behind Full Revs in the Dubbo Photo News Maiden Plate (1400m).

Punters sent the Luke Griffith trained runner out as a $2.10 favourite in the event, and after being cluttered up back in the field was able to get out late and flash home to be beaten by 4.4 lengths.

Stewards opened an inquiry on the day to determine whether Cahill should face a charge of failing to give His Highness every chance to finish in the best possible position and took evidence from Cahill, Griffith and one of the gelding's owners, Barry Wintle.

The connections indicated they had placed some significant wagers on His Highness on the back of a debut placing at Scone over 1000m.

The matter was re-opened at Warren recently before being concluded yesterday, with only Cahill in attendance.

Griffith told yesterday's hearing via telephone that he had instructed Cahill the horse was a big, long-striding animal and needed room to stride out, adding he believed the rider was a victim of circumstances on the day.

"I wasn't the one blowing up about the ride, I think it was one of the owners talking through his pocket," Griffith said.

The stewards report from the day noted the gelding became unbalanced shortly after the start when inconvenienced by another runner, which resulted in him settling towards the rear of the field.

When asked by stewards why he didn't take a run that presented in the middle of the pack in the home straight, Cahill indicated the horse didn't have a sharp enough turn of foot to get into the run before it closed.

"He's a big, green one-pacer that shows no acceleration," Cahill said.

"Greg Ryan said as much at his next run and since then he's gone on to win a 2300m maiden at Newcastle.

"He wasn't going well enough to sprint into a gap that was open for seven strides in a 1400m race. The horse was never going to take that run.

"I had horses all around me, so I couldn't get to the outside until real late in the race and the other runs closed."

Subsequent to the Dubbo race, His Highness finished unplaced over 1400m, 1450m and 1500m before winning the Newcastle event.

Cahill has seven rides today at Wagga, including four for leading Riverina trainer Tim Donnelly.