Not long after turning on to the home straight, the 4-year-old gelding and his rider were deemed to have interfered with Darby Shaw and jockey Michael Dee while in full cry for glory.
"If he [Parkes] doesn't move like this, then this doesn't happen," steward Neil Goodwin explained in the room after the deliberations.
"Because he can't get a run, he should sit and wait for a run because he's come out to make his own ... there," Goodwin said, freeze-framing it on a flatscreen TV on the wall to emphasise his point.
While Parkes, on Justa Charlie, had gone on to win the next race, the 1600m Dean Atkins Mile, the JCA suspended him at the end of the day for six weeks for reckless riding.
Dee, the brother of equestrian Luke Dee, from Ocean Beach, was rushed to hospital in an ambulance for observation and was understood to be cleared but stood down for the rest of the day as a precaution against concussion.
The stewards had put in a request after race six to the two-member JCA panel for a ruling, recommending Absolutely Sacred be disqualified under 6371 (B) after they alleged the horse angled outwards when not in the clear as the combo found itself hammed in close to the rails a short distance after entering the home straight.
"It's been angled outwards in a deliberate fashion by the rider J Parkes and as a result is not clear of Derby Shaw.
"It's resulted in Derby Shaw severely interfered with and the rider, Michael Dee, being dislodged," he explained as Absolutely Sacred clipped Derby Shaw's heels.
The JCA, calling in Absolutely Sacred trainer Richard Sherwin, of Te Awamutu, and Parkes, agreed with the stewards that the Australian gelding had won the race unfairly and was duly disqualified.
"The fact remains we believe the rider, through his actions, has resulted in one of his co-riders falling and he has gone on to win the race unfairly."
Goodwin said the judiciary committee went purely on what they saw and heard.
The TV footage shows Parkes looking over his right shoulder before cutting across with his mount to try to squeeze between Darby Shaw and another horse.
Goodwin emphasised the ruling wasn't the stewards' call.
They simply recommend it to the panel of experts which adjudicates after considering all the technological information and interviewed material.
"This is very unusual today. We believe it hasn't happened [in the country] since 2009.
"Disqualification is most unusual.
"It's usually a relegation, so it's very serious."
The last time the JCA applied the rule is believed to be about five years ago in a race at Waipukurau when Kate Hercock was disqualified, again for causing interference which resulted in a fall.
Second-placed Sir Kingwood (David Walker) was promoted to winner.
Hastings trainer John Bary's Lenin the Brown and Xcuses Xcuses finished sixth and third, respectively, in the first two 800m dashes of the day for 2-year-olds.
"Lenin just ran out of puff. It's the start of the season so he'll just keep going forward and push nicely," said Bary, who sponsored the races.
He was happy with Xcuses Xcuses considering the filly had drawn a wide barrier and was on track for the spring carnival.
Guy Lowry said his Lavish Prince (race 7) and Wapatiki Girl (race 3) finished mid-field.
"Both ran well but without any luck," Lowry said, adding the horses would probably race in Rotorua late next month.