6 runners no 4th place stakes?

is this a new thing or always been the case?

have been trying to establish at what stage or how many runners before the carded stake prizes start to fall away??

the reason I ask was that miss D ran 4th the other day and we did not get the stakes cheque of around R1,600 and the reason given was not enough runners

Dave I remember when Gold Circle introduced the 8% deduction on stakes that the were also doing away with the 5th place cheque. Previous to this if there were not 8 runners to accept in a race the race would be scrapped, they then said regardless of runners the would keep the race but if there were 5 or less starters they only pay out the first and second runners and if there were 6 or 7 runners starting would pay the 3rd as well and for 8 or more starters pay the normal 4th cheque.

I hope I remember correctly and this helps.

Thanks shrek glad we have 8 runners on Thursday.()

When the first brought this out we were actually very happy as in the off season before this was introduced, we had 3 races Gilmore Girl accepted in cancelled because there were not 8 acceptances and would rather only have 3 cheques instead of no cheques.

what a load of rubbish stakes should be paid to the owners no matter what the size of the field ,we dont get discounts on paying for our horses keep if there are not enough runners that tells you whoever does the racing programme does not know what they are doing.

From Gold Circle for some clarity

Hi Dave


I do not have a table but will give u instances what will apply:


1) Where there is race with 8 or more runners there will only be stakes for the 1st 4 horses.

2) Where there is race with 6 or 7 runners there will only be stakes for the 1st three horses.

3) Where there is race with 4 or 5 runners there will only be stakes for the 1st 2 horses.

4) Where there is race with 3 runners there will only be stakes for the 1st horse.


Thanks

Kind Regards
Arvin Maharaj