100% Sure thing this Saturday- Won't be beaten

Lapin

Saint Helena

5:10 Leicester.





www.racingpost.com/horses2/cards/card.sd?race_id=527096&_date=2011-04-16

HigginsJ

Get on!!

Odd for an average handicap. Protest over the prize money?

Lapin

HigginsJ wrote: »

Protest over the prize money?

Yep

www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/horsemens-group-horsemens-revolt-sees-leicester-walkover-on-saturday/844149/top/

CrackisWhack

cant seem to ind this race on pp

mike65

/\ Its not a big race so no prices until Saturday.


Its been a while since there was a walkover - 2007.

UrbanSea

Hahaha,so will the owners be given the money or will the horse have to just run?

Lapin

The horse will have to run and complete the "race" in order for the prize money to be claimed.

mike65

Can anyone suggest a betting market for this race?

Nulty

Could refuse to race or break down...


I wonder if the handicapper will drop him a few pounds for completing in a slow time

mike65

Hope the jockey doesn't get a ban for use of the whip.

thesandeman

If the saddle slips can the jockey remount in a flat race these days?

Johner

Heard on Sky Sports News that the owner of the horse is giving some of the prize money to charity.

thesandeman

That actually makes sense.
If owner/trainers 'arranged' one horse races on a regular basis the organisers would still have to pay out.
They wouldnt be long putting up proper prize money then.
Must mention that elsewhere ;-)

Nulty

There is a set amount of prize money for each race right? and the winner gets a set percentage or fraction of that right? but if only one horse is entered, then does that horse receive all the prize money on offer? including all place money?

Nulty

Not as interesting as Peopleton Brooks win at Kempton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQsfGrWgIFM

thesandeman

Probably works the same as if only two horses finish a race.
Not sure how its shared normally.

Nulty

thesandeman wrote: »

Probably works the same as if only two horses finish a race.
Not sure how its shared normally.

You could well be right, but if a race would normally pay the first 5 home and only 3 are entered, don't they reconfigure the percentages to fit the 3 runners? I have no evidence to suggest they do by the way...

UrbanSea

Haha the fella was hammered in that video Nulty.

Kicking King got beaten by some hurler in a 100m race down at Limerick I think it was a few months ago. Betting was 1/4 KK and 5/2 the fella.

mike65

Sadly PP do not have it listed even for a laugh, I'll listen to the williamhill commentary for it though !

HigginsJ

The jockey will have his 1st ever winner today. Least it will be a very memorable win!!

Nulty

they didn't even need to finish the race...they got about a furlong and a bit.

HigginsJ

just saw the replay. As pointless exercises go that was right up there. Could have at least set up a finishing post for him!!

mike65

Another walkover today Kelso 4.15 with three non-runners. Our Jim looks like a winner (he probably would have anyway)

the groutch

there was one on Easter Monday as well too (tried to stage 4 jumps cards when the season was all but over)

mike65

To be fair todays only happened as Tim Vaughns box ran out of diesel! But yep there are a lot of very small feilds at the moment.

UrbanSea

Haha Mike is that the reason?

mike65

True. His whole Kelso string on the side of the road! I'd say someone got an earful over the phone

UrbanSea

Aw if I was the owner of a horse due to run I would be very,very pissed off. How unprofessional is that

thesandeman

I was working at the Galway Races a few years ago when the connections of a little known horse at the time called Hide The Evidence were popping Champaigne from Midday as they were so confidant of him winning his race.
Things turned a bit sour though when they got a call telling them the horsebox was on its way to Mallow!!
Everything turned out well in its next few races though winning a few at big prices.