HORSE RACING followers had been left completely irate after the ultimate race at Chelmsford on Saturday was VOIDED as a result of the beginning stalls weren’t faraway from the monitor.
The 20:30 on the Chelmsford Metropolis Racecourse featured 9 runners vying for a £13,085 prize pot.
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The race began with no difficulty and appeared set to conclude with none hassle, simply because the earlier eight had earlier within the day.
However, for some motive, the beginning stalls remained on the monitor because the pack approached the ultimate straight.
And in fear scenes, race oversees had been compelled to run on the monitor and wave hazard flags because the horses thundered in the direction of the ultimate straight.
Fortunately, the jockeys managed to decelerate their horses and nobody was harmed.
After changing into conscious of the problem, one in every of Racing TV’s two-man commentary crew mentioned: “The stalls are nonetheless on the tracks right here.
“So I feel we’re going to have a little bit of a difficulty right here.
“They’re going to have to come back to a halt right here, someplace, as a result of the starling stalls are nonetheless on the monitor.
“And that is going to be a stopped race.
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“And there’s not a lot room right here for the runners. “
His co-commentator mentioned: “Oh expensive, oh expensive.
“They’ve needed to name this a stopped race as a result of the stalls had been nonetheless on the monitor.
“What a sorry finish that’s.
“And properly completed to all jockeys having the ability to pull up their mounts, significantly as they had been starting to quicken going into the house straight in the most effective race of the evening.”
Racing followers couldn’t imagine their eyes, with one saying: “What a wild flip of occasions!”
One other mentioned: “Think about backing the cruising, orange and black horse and it getting voided cos of this.”
And one other mentioned: “Completely surprising they obtained this far round.
“Disgraceful from all employees concerned at Chelmsford!
One remarked: “Disgraceful, harmful, embarrassing. Past drama.”
One other chimed in: “Add that to the listing of shambolic occasions in British racing this week.”