Punters in UPROAR at ‘absolute shambles’ Cesarewitch spectacle as result changed AGAIN a month later

PUNTERS were fuming arsenic the Cesarewitch Handicap effect was overturned a SECOND clip a period aft the race.

Alphonse Le Grande was yesterday shockingly re-instated arsenic the victor of the £90,000 contention astatine Newmarket.

The Cathy O'Leary-trained equine crossed the enactment first, but jockey Jamie Powell was recovered blameworthy of breaching the whip rules.

The 33-1 Alphonse Le Grande was past disqualified and the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Manxman, who mislaid by a nose, was named victor successful his place.

But the determination was changed AGAIN yesterday.

The BHA's autarkic appeals committee confirmed that Powell's last usage of the whip had not really made interaction with the horse.

Connections were fixed backmost the £90,000 winnings AND Powell's monster 28-day prohibition was reduced by 8 days.

One man's summation is different man's loss, and connections of the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Manxman volition present suffer astir £50,000 arsenic they are demoted backmost to second.

The fiasco prompted punters to instrumentality to X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, to vent their frustration.

One said: "Farce. You tin interruption the rules and inactive win. Sends the incorrect connection out."

Whilst different punter took the presumption that the in-the-moment celebrations ahd been good and genuinely ruined.

They said connected X: "What should person been a fantastic solemnisation astatine the clip turned into a farce."

Another added: "Oh dear. What a implicit mess."

And 1 commented: "Racing successful this state is an implicit shambles, amateur errors, corrupt and trainers sponsored by betting companies."

One questioned: "Three results for 1 race?"

The archetypal alteration besides prompted a immense magnitude of controversy, with erstwhile Champion Jockey Seb Sanders blasting the archetypal result.

Appeals sheet seat Sarah Crowther said: "We deliberation the BHA has not satisfied america that determination was interaction arsenic Mr Powell's limb came backmost and the whip went crossed the backmost of the horse.

"We find that his assemblage presumption was antithetic to the archetypal 9 strikes. It seems to america that helium was somewhat crouched and disconnected equilibrium to his near and precise debased successful the saddle."

She added: "Therefore, determination were 9 uses, 3 supra the permitted level. The equine volition beryllium reinstated and the suspension volition beryllium 20 days."

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