Only in South Africa huh? Not!!!

www.racingpost.com/news/news/drama-as-wr...rse-wins-race/294547

The winner of the opening two-year-old contest at Yarmouth on Thursday has been found to be a three-year-old stablemate who was due to run later on the card.

Mandarin Princess claimed victory in the 6f novice auction stakes for trainer Charlie McBride, scoring at 50-1 from 4-6 favourite Fyre Cay.

However, the horse was later discovered to be a three-year-old called Millie's Kiss, who had been due to run for McBride in the third race.

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OMG...LOL...at least in SA it gets picked up BEFORE the race.

Ridiculous!!

Controversy reigned at Yarmouth when it was discovered that the Charlie McBride-trained Mandarin Princess, winner of the opening two-year-old race, was in fact stablemate Millie's Kiss.
The mistake was only discovered after the 50-1 outsider had overturned the 4-6 hotpot Fyre Cay on her racecourse debut in the six-furlong novice auction stakes for juveniles.
Millie's Kiss, a three-year-old with plenty of racecourse experience, was due to run in the nine-furlong handicap later on the card but was subsequently withdrawn.
A report issued by the British Horseracing Authority said: "The stewards held an inquiry to consider the circumstances surrounding the identification of the winner, Mandarin Princess, trained by Philip (Charlie) McBride, which was presented at the sampling unit for routine testing.
"The scan identified the horse to be Millie's Kiss, the trainer's other runner in race four.
"They interviewed the trainer, the stable groom, the veterinary officer and the equine welfare integrity officer responsible for the sampling unit.
"Having heard their evidence they referred the matter to the head office of the British Horseracing Authority and ordered Millie's Kiss to be withdrawn from race four."
Despite the wrong horse having won the race, the result is set to stand - for the time being.
Stipendiary steward Tony McGlone told At The Races: "As all horses are, they are brought into the stables and they are scanned and are allocated into their boxes.
"These two horses, trained by Charlie McBride, were given a box each.
"Mr McBride went over to the weighing room to collect the saddle and was slightly delayed collecting it. He rushed over.
"The stable girl had taken the horse out of the stables and put it in the saddling boxes. Mr McBride put the saddle on, the horse ran, it won.
"We then sent the horse for routine testing as per normal. The integrity officer scanned the horse and found it to be the wrong horse.
"We have referred it to the British Horseracing Authority for further consideration. I think the BHA have got 14 days to lodge an objection to the winner.
"We'll obviously send a report from here and they will look into the matter."
The BHA issued a statement that read: "The incident at Great Yarmouth has been referred to the BHA's head office in order that we can carry out an investigation, in accordance with our rules.
"Since we introduced the microchipping identification system an incident such as this is, as far as we are aware, unprecedented.
"The issue had not been established until after the result had been made official. After the weighed in has been declared on the racecourse, the result cannot be amended by the stewards.
"The responsibility lies with the trainer to present and run the correct horse in the race. Having said that, and while we have not seen an incident of this nature in recent times, we will of course determine what steps need to be put in place to prevent it from happening again.
"We sympathise with the betting operators and betting public who have potentially been affected by this incident."

Sporting Post - Hollywoodbets Pays Out on Mistaken Identity


Hollywoodbets Pays Out on Mistaken Identity


Hollywoodbets will be paying out all straight win bets on the 2nd placed horse FYRE CAY in Yarmouth Race 1, after it was discovered the winner MANDARIN PRINCESS was in fact another horse.

It was discovered the trainer of the winner “Mandarin Princess”, PJ McBride, had saddled the incorrect horse, and in doing so entered the stablemate into the 1st race.

“Mandarin Princess” was in fact McBride’s other horse running in Race 4, “Millie’s Kiss”.

Hollywoodbets has taken the decision to pay out all straight win bets on 2nd placed horse Fyre Cay (the 11/20 favourite for the race).

Hollywoodbets will of course pay out all winning bets placed on 66/1 “Mandarin Princess”, the actual winner of Race 1.

All straight win bets placed at Hollywoodbets branches on Fyre Cay can be handed in for a payout.

The Hollywoodbets Team is in the process of paying out Hollywoodbets account holders for Fyre Cay, and this should be completed this evening.

Please note that all exotic bets and tote bets will stand as per the official result. Straight open win bets will be paid out at the Hollwoodbets fixed odds Starting Price of 11/20.

For more information, please contact the Hollywoodbets Helpline team on hwhelpline@hollywoodbets.net.

Excuse my ignorance, why only straight win bets ?? Surely a double with sport should at least be a refund ?

Because officially the result stands

Having said that UK bookies have taken a stance and changed the result

But they are not at liberty to do so , the tote have obviously kept the result the same

If it was a market rival that won I'd understand but surely the honourable thing to do would be to at least null and void the multiple bets

onyerway wrote: If it was a market rival that won I'd understand but surely the honourable thing to do would be to at least null and void the multiple bets

With respect onyerway I believe the honourable thing was done and to start refunding multiple bets opens a whole new can of worms, ie not all bets are simply laid and put into a draw so to speak, but,as is the case with all bookmakers multiple bets are monitored so if there were ATC bets ending on say Osculation yesterday then there would be 'take backs' on Osclution to "make a book" but if that bet had included Fyre Cay then it would have been filed as a loosing bet and all bets placed factored in as a profit so then to now refund all that income after the fact would throw a huge spanner in the works,also important to note that HW did not simply refunded the straight win bet stakes but paid out the losing bet as a winning one...a great gesture imo

Titch wrote:

onyerway wrote: If it was a market rival that won I'd understand but surely the honourable thing to do would be to at least null and void the multiple bets

With respect onyerway I believe the honourable thing was done and to start refunding multiple bets opens a whole new can of worms, ie not all bets are simply laid and put into a draw so to speak, but,as is the case with all bookmakers multiple bets are monitored so if there were ATC bets ending on say Osculation yesterday then there would be 'take backs' on Osclution to "make a book" but if that bet had included Fyre Cay then it would have been filed as a loosing bet and all bets placed factored in as a profit so then to now refund all that income after the fact would throw a huge spanner in the works,also important to note that HW did not simply refunded the straight win bet stakes but paid out the losing bet as a winning one...a great gesture imo

Thanks Titch, I see exactly what u mean now. I'll stick to sport in future

onyerway wrote:
Thanks Titch, I see exactly what u mean now. I'll stick to sport in future

Sport takes too long for me Onya with racing the pain is over quickly :silly: