Wrong result called Race 5 ZIMB

all very well for the owners Bob................ how is that going to help the punters ?

# 4 happened to be the tote fav as well.......... goodbye jackpots, P6 all tote tickets...

the damage has been done.

& what about the judge / s...... a short holiday as Strydom got ? or a slap on the wrists ?

ElvisisKing wrote: all very well for the owners Bob................ how is that going to help the punters ?

# 4 happened to be the tote fav as well.......... goodbye jackpots, P6 all tote tickets...

the damage has been done.

& what about the judge / s...... a short holiday as Strydom got ? or a slap on the wrists ?

I think a Judge is NOT under pressure to post a result - He can take a minute or 2 to get it 100% while a jock is under pressure from the jump. I say suspend the Judge because that was not even close!

I agree with all the comments but still believe that on the day someone must be checking and approving the judge decisions ..otherwise if it boils down to one individual mistakes can happen again. All good and well Hollywood paid out but can you imagine a decision like this in the big centres.

TAB & BETTING WORLD MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: Goodwill gesture by TAB and Betting World after incorrect official
result
DATE: Tuesday 19 January 2016
RELEASED BY: Phumelela Gaming

National Horseracing Authority (NHA) judges posted the incorrect result for
Race 5 at Borrowdale Racecourse last Sunday and as a gesture of goodwill to
customers, TAB will add R31,686 - the value of the total net Win pool on
the race - to the Win pool on Race 5 at the next Borrowdale race meeting.
TAB paid out all winning bets on the race as per the official result of
1-4-3-7-5 declared by the NHA judges, but it later emerged that the judges
had made a mistake and that, in fact, No 4 Print The Pounds won the race
from No 1 Eurakilon.
Corporate bookmaking chain Betting World is paying out all win bets on both
No 1 Eurakilon and No 4 Print The Pounds, also as a gesture of goodwill.
The NHA has completed an investigation into the result of the race and has
amended the result for statistical purposes to 4-1-3-7-5.
The provisions of NHA rule 65.8 will be applied: “Should it be proved after
the ALL CLEAR has been announced that there was an error in the placings
declared by the judge, the result shall stand save for the fact that the
error shall be corrected for statistical purposes. Where such correction
affects stake money such money shall be returned to the RACING OPERATOR for
re-distribution.”
The NHA said in a media release that the error was regretted and that an
internal inquiry has been opened into the matter.

Two things......

1) Is it really a gesture of "goodwill"??????

2) If I read the above rule correctly, if this happens again, the result stands, save for statistical purposes? When they say "re-distribution of stakes", I hope it is to the rightful winner?

All well and good about Hollywood. No doubt

question - what happens to the punters whom fill up the totes and back horses and then throw the tickets away when "wrong results" are confirmed?

Dean321 wrote: All well and good about Hollywood. No doubt

question - what happens to the punters whom fill up the totes and back horses and then throw the tickets away when "wrong results" are confirmed?

I guess its just like losing a R20 bill. The bank won't give you another bill..