Thursday, 29 March 2018

BHA apologises for latest blunder in Kempton Park photo-finish error

• Odds-on favourite Oregon Gift incorrectly called as runner-up
• Action taken to ‘minimise the risk of a recurrence’

The British Horseracing Authority said on Wednesday evening that it will take action to “minimise the risk” of mistakes by photo-finish judges after it emerged that an odds-on favourite had been incorrectly called as the runner-up in a race at Kempton Park five days ago. The error is the latest mistake by a racecourse official to embarrass the regulators, following two cases in the last year in which a pair of runners from the same stable ended up running in the wrong races on the card.

Related: Racing embarrassed again after second wrong-horse blunder in six months

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2pMmrLW

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