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02 Aug 14
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Obviously the trainer tells the course, but does the "official" declaration come from the clerk of the course?
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Ta. Never occurred to me to find this out before!
depends how much the owner been paid by
the bookies to take it out.
the bookies to take it out.
Stevie if you want to catch them and the reasons on this link daily
http://www.britishhorseracing.com/race-info/fixtures/fixture-updates/#non-ru...
http://www.britishhorseracing.com/race-info/fixtures/fixture-updates/#non-ru...
By CLAUDE DUVAL
THE 2014 Flat season starts at Doncaster on Saturday amid pleas to halt racing's non-runner epidemic.
A spate of withdraws, via the dubious self-certification system, has sparked betting chaos.
The rules allow owners and trainers to self-certify their runners as unfit to race without a vet's say-so.
Dale Gibson, a director of the Professional Jockeys Association and their liaison officer, has a hard-hitting message to racing's BHA rulers.
The ex-jockey, with 23 years' experience, said: "The current system is a joke.
"With the existing rules everybody loses and nobody wins.
"In 2012, there were 9,000 non-runners. That's nearly 10 per cent of all horses declared.
"Over 40 per cent of those were self-certificate cases. Last year there were 8,300 non-runners.
"The BHA had better wake up to these figures.
"Often jockeys make expensive car journeys to races only to find their intended ride is a non-runner.
"The jockey then receives no riding fee.
"In Australia where horses are automatically banned for 30 days if they become non-runners, the jockeys get the full riding fee.
"It's much tougher in every other racing country to withdraw horses.
"We estimate the non-runners have cost jockeys over £1.5million in riding fees in recent years."
Gibson also spotlights where punters are also often ripped off by mystery non-runners.
He added: "Punters often back horses each-way only to discover that a field of eight has been reduced to seven or six, or 16-runner handicaps have become 15 or 14."
Chester is always in the spotlight because of its greyhound track-like sharp turns.
Horses drawn on the outside have a huge disadvantage.
Last year there were 12 races run over five furlongs which attracted more than eight runners.
Of the three highest drawn in each race, 36 in total, 16 (44 per cent) were withdrawn.
When Martin Harley broke a bone in his neck at Lingfield last week one of his rides at Kempton in the evening, Brown Pete, was withdrawn.
The self-certificate box "no suitable jockey available" was ticked.
Surely someone could have substituted for Harley?
The BHA promises a review. It can't come quickly enough.
THE 2014 Flat season starts at Doncaster on Saturday amid pleas to halt racing's non-runner epidemic.
A spate of withdraws, via the dubious self-certification system, has sparked betting chaos.
The rules allow owners and trainers to self-certify their runners as unfit to race without a vet's say-so.
Dale Gibson, a director of the Professional Jockeys Association and their liaison officer, has a hard-hitting message to racing's BHA rulers.
The ex-jockey, with 23 years' experience, said: "The current system is a joke.
"With the existing rules everybody loses and nobody wins.
"In 2012, there were 9,000 non-runners. That's nearly 10 per cent of all horses declared.
"Over 40 per cent of those were self-certificate cases. Last year there were 8,300 non-runners.
"The BHA had better wake up to these figures.
"Often jockeys make expensive car journeys to races only to find their intended ride is a non-runner.
"The jockey then receives no riding fee.
"In Australia where horses are automatically banned for 30 days if they become non-runners, the jockeys get the full riding fee.
"It's much tougher in every other racing country to withdraw horses.
"We estimate the non-runners have cost jockeys over £1.5million in riding fees in recent years."
Gibson also spotlights where punters are also often ripped off by mystery non-runners.
He added: "Punters often back horses each-way only to discover that a field of eight has been reduced to seven or six, or 16-runner handicaps have become 15 or 14."
Chester is always in the spotlight because of its greyhound track-like sharp turns.
Horses drawn on the outside have a huge disadvantage.
Last year there were 12 races run over five furlongs which attracted more than eight runners.
Of the three highest drawn in each race, 36 in total, 16 (44 per cent) were withdrawn.
When Martin Harley broke a bone in his neck at Lingfield last week one of his rides at Kempton in the evening, Brown Pete, was withdrawn.
The self-certificate box "no suitable jockey available" was ticked.
Surely someone could have substituted for Harley?
The BHA promises a review. It can't come quickly enough.
it is beyond a joke, late withdrawal of one yesterday (less than 20 mins before the off) cost me over £100 with a 20% rule 4 
Sounds like if they get rid of the draw bias that will be half the battle
big bookies defo get them withdrawn on a regular basis
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