Horse racing: Punters drop bundle in fog at Great Leighs as commentator mistakes horses in closing stages (Guardian Unlimited) Print

If many punters have been exasperated by the frosty chaos in the National Hunt programme on turf, yesterday's Flat card on Polytrack at misty Great Leighs also produced weather-related frustration for armchair bettors after a commentator called the wrong horse in front in the closing stages of a fogbound sprint handicap. No more than the last half-furlong was visible in most of the ...

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