Bookmakers left frustrated as judge calls wrong placegetter

William Hill yesterday called on the BHA to refund bookmakers who paid out on two outcomes after a result was amended due to the judge announcing the wrong placings.

Graham Ford initially called the Michael Bell-trained Elementary (20-1) in third, a nose in front of Sun Angel (7-1), in the 7f nursery won by Vatican Hill. However, replays showed the pair had finished the other way around and an inquiry was held following the day's final race after Ford informed the stewards he wished to correct the result.

Shortly after 4pm, an announcement was made on course that the placings had been reversed but for betting purposes the result stands as originally called because the riders had all weighed in.

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