The walkover rule changed

[Ex RubyLight]

I guess it had to come one day, but the excitement of failing to weigh in, even when there is no one else around has completely gone:

https://www.racingpost.com/news/britain/walkover-from-home-bha-changes-rule-to-bring-end-to-sole-runner-having-to-be-ridden-past-the-winning-post-at-the-course-a9RP48B0lUyP/

[Red Rum 77]

On the plus side they can move on to the next race.

You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.

[Ex RubyLight]

I always like it, when someone knows how to accentuate the positive, Neil.

[yeats]

An injured horse could get a walkover and maybe even a dead one
Didn’t see much wrong with having the horse at the course and ridden past the winning post.

[Marlingford]

If the walkover is known about at declaration stage, then sparing the horse an unnecessary journey to the course seems a good reason for the change to me.

I think it would be a difficult scenario to successfully get up to skulduggery in.

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