• BHA brings in new measures to prevent Nottingham repeat
A walk around the paddock and a canter from the last fence to the line was enough to earn just over £5,000 for Craig Buckingham, the owner of Desirable Court, at Warwick on Thursday, marking an abrupt change of fortune after he saw one of his horses wrongly denied a chance to run at Nottingham the previous day.
The fallout from Wednesday’s Nottingham fiasco also continued, however, as the British Horseracing Authority insisted new measures will ensure a similar mistake cannot happen again.
Written by Greg Wood
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/04/nottingham-farce-craig-buckingham-withdrawal-warwick under the title “Owner dismayed by Nottingham farce wins £5,000 without racing”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
