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Sorry guys if this has already been answered,my old dad has been on the phone he had £10 on DONT PANIC and in between the ”effing and blinding” i take it the horse didnt leave the stalls!!!!
He always bets with Will Hill is it deemed an non runner?????
Thankyou in advance
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I backed it last time it didn’t leave the stalls and I didn’t get anything back that was will Will Hills.
I find that incredable
To Gamble is to win or lose
If the horse didnt leave the stalls,you cant win so you cant lose,thats piss poor.
Sadly, that’s the way it goes, Ghost.
Similar to a jumper refusing to race when the tape goes up.
This horse did have "previous".
Annoying though it may be losing in this way, Don’t Panic had come under starter’s orders and was therefore deemed a runner.
Had it (D.P. is a gelding)
refused to enter the stalls it would not have come under starter’s orders and your dad would have had his stake refunded.Some bookmakers will offer a concession, i believe boylesports refunded losing stakes.
Once the stalls have opened the race starts and if the horse refuses to run then thats just tough you’ve done your money. Don’t Panic refused to race his last race of the season in 2008 at Newmarket so there was a question over him in that respect. It would be unfair to other punters if he was deemed a non-runner say and it was 16 runners 4 places and suddenly became 15 runners 3 places and punters would miss out on each way money for the horse finishing 4th.
I had to chuckle at the things that PCH said about the horse on The Morning Line, something like ‘I’ve been putting him in the stalls a lot at home; not actually with him because we wouldn’t both fit in’.
Don’t Panic is a prime example of a horse that does not run in a race yet is deemed a starter – racing really needs to sort this out.
I applaud the bookies that refund punters stakes – it’s the decent thing.
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I tend to agree with both sides of the argument so maybe a free bet to stakes a more agreeable solution.
I cannot understand why people like McCririck believe the start of a race is not part of the race, why should any horse be deemed a non runner because it fluffs the start, this is one thing racing has right.
I understand people wanting their money back but where does it come from?
Don’t Panic went into the stalls and as such made up X% of the book ie. other horses were bigger as a result of DP coming under starters orders.
Should winning punters have a Rule 4 on their bets so that we can refund all the Don’t Panic backers?
Spectait was fine too Seabird
I understand people wanting their money back but where does it come from?
Don’t Panic went into the stalls and as such made up X% of the book ie. other horses were bigger as a result of DP coming under starters orders.
Should winning punters have a Rule 4 on their bets so that we can refund all the Don’t Panic backers?
Spectait was fine too Seabird
1st day of the flat maybe some first time punters on Spectait nice string of 1’s and Don’t Panic fancied in places, are going to have a great oppotunity to learn early it’s a mugs game and sometimes your horse doesn’t even start. BENT is the first thing on their minds, not a % book. What about double winners bookies cough up for that. They know in the long term they are going to get it back.
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I cannot understand why people like McCririck believe the start of a race is not part of the race, why should any horse be deemed a non runner because it fluffs the start, this is one thing racing has right.
Completely disagree!
If a horse doesn’t cross the starting line, then it’s never been in the race, period.
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