‘I’ve never seen that happen’: Shock obstacle bobs up in Warrnambool jumps race

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‘I’ve ne'er seen that happen’: Shock obstacle bobs up successful Warrnambool jumps race

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The actions of a clerk of the people during a Warrnambool jumps contention person been called into question aft helium veered into the way of runners during a hurdle contention portion holding a riderless horse.

As the tract turned into the location consecutive of the 3200-metre hurdle – the archetypal contention of time 3 of Warrnambool’s yearly jumps carnival – the runners swept dangerously adjacent to the clerk of the people who was struggling to clasp a 2nd equine portion riding on the wrong rail.

The clerk of the people got tangled up successful a contention astatine Warrnambool connected Thursday.

Jockey Richard O’Donoghue who was connected the contention person and eventual third-placegetter Frankenstar, appears to alteration his enactment to debar a collision, portion Ben O’Farrell had to plaything Jekyll’n’hyde disconnected the obstruction to debar the unexpected obstacle.

Stewards looked astatine the imaginativeness earlier declaring close weight, but are inactive investigating the incident.

Spectators astatine Warrnambool told this masthead that they feared that the clerk of the course’s actions could person caused an accident, oregon a rider being dislodged. The tract managed to walk the unexpected interference without incident.

“I person ne'er seen that hap earlier during a race,” 1 punter said, who did not privation to beryllium named. “I don’t cognize what helium was trying to achieve.”

The clerk of the people had caught Abreed, a runner that had dislodged rider Aaron Kuru earlier successful the race. Kuru was not injured and has been cleared to tally successful Thursday’s Grand Annual Steeplechase.

As the tract swept past Abreed, the equine fired up and astir dislodged the clerk of the course. He past broke escaped and finished the race.

The bizarre incidental follows a time successful which the Warrnambool Race Club was heavy criticised by punters for a way bias that made it hard for immoderate equine not connected the wrong obstruction to win.

“You can’t contradict determination person been rather a fewer leaders winning, truthful erstwhile determination is simply a concern similar that, you person to hole it,” Warrnambool Racing Club way manager Dermott O’Connor told Racing.com.

“As way manager, you instrumentality afloat work for the situation.”

Stewards announced connected Wednesday nighttime that the obstruction would beryllium moved retired 4 metres from 800-metre people to the winning station for the last day.

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