New Posts For Thread: Has the king George been re-opened?https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-openedI cant seem to find any information as to whether the race has been re-opened or not? This will clearly have an impact on bets placed prior to the original date, but there appears to be a lack of information.Carvills - but if it is the same 11 then it is irrelevent, if they don't run they are simply non runners. What difference does it make if they now decide not to declare ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479854605#479854605Carvills - but if it is the same 11 then it is irrelevent, if they don't run they are simply non runners. What difference does it make if they now decide not to declare ?Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:52:58 -0600Presumably because of the time interval since the original decs.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479849637#479849637Presumably because of the time interval since the original decs.Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:10:25 -0600Headmaster - Not the way it was relayed to us, in that case why have another final declaration stage at 10.00am on Thursday January 13th ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479735941#479735941Headmaster - Not the way it was relayed to us, in that case why have another final declaration stage at 10.00am on Thursday January 13th ?Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:25:27 -0600Don't think you've got this straight yet Bobby. There are 11 horses left in the race, not 13 - effectively, decs are carried over and no-one can come in who wasn't due to line up on Boxing Day. Sounds fair to me regarding connections of those engaghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479712041#479712041Don't think you've got this straight yet Bobby. There are 11 horses left in the race, not 13 - effectively, decs are carried over and no-one can come in who wasn't due to line up on Boxing Day. Sounds fair to me regarding connections of those engagWed, 29 Dec 2010 11:32:51 -0600Headmaster - It has taken us 2 days to get this decision from the BHA - so they clearly were not sure, or couldn't decide on what basis they were going to arrive at the result they wanted.It is not a major concern to us that IC doesn't get a run as ihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479708841#479708841Headmaster - It has taken us 2 days to get this decision from the BHA - so they clearly were not sure, or couldn't decide on what basis they were going to arrive at the result they wanted.It is not a major concern to us that IC doesn't get a run as iWed, 29 Dec 2010 11:05:40 -0600This is on the RP site.Hill’s, Paddy P and Bet363 have the original 11 priced up in their Ante-PostVote and Bet - Who will win the King George?Shows all 23 runners4:02 Kempton SAT 15 JAN 2011WILLIAM HILL KING GEORGE VI CHASE GRADE 1 (CLASS 1) (4yo+https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479707625#479707625This is on the RP site.Hill’s, Paddy P and Bet363 have the original 11 priced up in their Ante-PostVote and Bet - Who will win the King George?Shows all 23 runners4:02 Kempton SAT 15 JAN 2011WILLIAM HILL KING GEORGE VI CHASE GRADE 1 (CLASS 1) (4yo+Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:55:28 -0600Why is that strange Bobby - I don't think the Welsh National had dec'd by time of abandonment?https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479705217#479705217Why is that strange Bobby - I don't think the Welsh National had dec'd by time of abandonment?Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:34:18 -0600This is the correct decision under the circumstances. Ideally there needs to be reserve days set aside each year during the Xmas period as mentioned in an excellent post from aka such that the Xmas shop window for racing is not lost and a quick reschhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479705193#479705193This is the correct decision under the circumstances. Ideally there needs to be reserve days set aside each year during the Xmas period as mentioned in an excellent post from aka such that the Xmas shop window for racing is not lost and a quick reschWed, 29 Dec 2010 10:33:54 -0600It was in the interests of jumps racing in general to stage the KG during the Christmas holiday season, if at all possible. The potential promotional benefits for the sport have been diluted by being forced to move the fixture to mid-January.Clearly,https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479704901#479704901It was in the interests of jumps racing in general to stage the KG during the Christmas holiday season, if at all possible. The potential promotional benefits for the sport have been diluted by being forced to move the fixture to mid-January.Clearly,Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:30:49 -0600Race will not be re-opened so only the declarations stand, which is strange given that they posted this notice on the BHA Racing Admin website in relation to the Welsh National - "Following the abandonment of racing at Chepstow on Monday 27th Decembehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/26528641/has-the-king-george-been-re-opened?post_id=479704501#479704501Race will not be re-opened so only the declarations stand, which is strange given that they posted this notice on the BHA Racing Admin website in relation to the Welsh National - "Following the abandonment of racing at Chepstow on Monday 27th DecembeWed, 29 Dec 2010 10:27:17 -0600