Top 20 Farces On British Racecourses

Number one is unbeatable.

Father Xmasgate - Kempton

the one that had a swim at Kempton

What about the tap that didn't work at Worcester last Summer?

never seen n0 1 what happened?

Esha Ness's Grand national a shokking emission imo

And the farce at Ayr where the problem on the bend caused an abandonment? Helpfully a spectator in clown costume was already at the track to give advice.

Gracie - Drunken Chav walked out onto the course and to the start at Carlisle, the Bet Maverick was seething about the whole thing and the drunken chav was shouting at Betfair Eddie how much he'd lost etc. police went chasing him through someones garden.

lol!!

defo george. straight in at no 1 (although I missed the lacoste incident so maybe not)

"who's the scouser in the snide lacooste tracky" was the exact quote - (lacooste being knock-off Lacoste"

Starters car stuck in mud at Salisbury on Cauthens first day riding for BW Hills is a notable omission.

the monday grand national an interesting ommission

Streaker at Fontwell a few years ago ran up the straight with the horses. As I remember Richard Dunwoody tapped him with his whip on the way past.

Stewards chased him into the enclosure it was so funny.

Great Leighs?

Great Leighs?

Was actually a pretty good running surface. Shame they couldn't keep things going to get facilities sorted.

A dog on the course at Musselburgh jumping Hurdles and passing runners.

Storm Alert 13 Apr 18:37


Streaker at Fontwell a few years ago ran up the straight with the horses. As I remember Richard Dunwoody tapped him with his whip on the way past.

Stewards chased him into the enclosure it was so funny

lol!!

That 3 runner race at the Chester May meeting last season!

Racing abandoned at Ayr because somebody had a rubbish burning fire in their back garden.

kids on motorbikes, brighton

Fox and hounds parading down the track at Newmarket only for half the dogs to run off up the Rowley Mile - took ages to find them all and racing delayed

I don't mean fox....ffs

Riders and hounds

Last year there was a 3 runner apprentice race on the AW, the long shot shoots clear at a daft pace, the other two muppets ignore it and concentrate on each other until its a furlong clear, suddenly the penny drops that they've given even a tired horse too much rope but by then its too late.

Only wish i could remember the race, think they both picked up bans.

Race at Kempton won by Sol Rojo.

Farce definitely the word.

Jockey on the winner rode a full extra circuit as well IIRC.

I still think the Worcester abandonment on a perfect Summer's day last year was the Daddy, because of a lack of water. (Course is usually submerged in the stuff for at least 9 months of they year given our climate).

28 replies and no mention of Kirkland Tellwright or Fiona Needham :0

Or Calamity Jane Stickels?

Or the redevelopment at Ascot?

Thx SLB, top memory there!

race the starter let them go before the favorite reached the start

Channel 4

There was one in a NHF race, red hot fav facing the wrong way and the starter let them go.

They ran it a week later and it dotted up.

^Henderson horse cant remember name though,messed about on the way to post

bellvino

It wasnt a Horserace but

Jennifer Brown, aged 62, a grandmother was thrilled to win second prize in a baking contest until she found that her cake was the only entry. She was awarded second place for her Victoria Sponge in the competition, . She was intrigued to find out which cake had beaten her to the top spot and it was then that she discovered the truth.

Organisers had spotted her sponge had rack marks from where it had been in the oven and decided it wasn't up to the standards demanded for first place. But grandmother-of-four Jennifer said she was not browned off and chuckled, 'I must admit I have never heard of coming second in a one horse race before. When a friend of mine told me I had come second I was quite pleased, both for getting a prize and also because I just assumed they must have had more entries. The cake hadn't been judged good enough to win the contest, but it was soon polished off and there were certainly no complaints.'

Jennifer, who had entered the competition organised for her village carnival in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire, UK, added, 'Although I have never heard of anything like this before I certainly didn't take offence. I had a good laugh with the organiser about it. It certainly won't put me off baking cakes.

Man and his elderly mother prevented from entering Members at Salisbury as she was eating an Ice Cream.

moving the last hdle at Cheltenham.

Last Flat season when the stands' rail at Folkestone was watered to try and even out the draw bias - and the bias was turned on its head.

I noticed recently that Neil McKenzie-Ross doesn't appear to be the CoC there anymore - did he pay the price for admitting to it?

Dolling off eight of the 12 fences at Uttoxeter because the sun was out.

Lively Knight
Hillside Girl

Everyone seeing a rider jump off a horse that had drifted from odds on favourite to the outsider of four and then the BHA decide that he'd done nothing wrong.

The BHA letting Dean McClown ride on, even though he'd been found guilty of a serious rule breach, only for him to give a horse of Whitakers an easy run at Southwell which even the stewards noticed.

A Jim Old ride for Fred Rimell apparently. Rimell said to Old in the unsaddling enclosure "If Jesus Christ rode his f***** donkey like you just rode that horse, then he deserved to be crucified".

Actually, why not make this thread the 'Top 2,000 Farces on British racecourses in the last decade'.

I could fill it single handed.

stable staff accomadation and so called canteen at wetherby absolutely disgraceful.also canteens at aintree,taunton,uttoxeter and leicester all total farces to name only a few

bookies betting to unauthodox place terms on the grand national

^Bellvano.

Ballinger Ridge a shocking ommision.

the cheltenham wednesday abandonment because of the fat cat marquees not secured

ile de chypre getting ''shot''

little owl running out down the far side

Mike Cattermole calling @ Cheltenham Festivals & Grand Nationals...

Its not a British course but a race meeting in Australia last night got delayed by over an hour because the doctor was on annual leave.

the day the Leatherjackets chapter of the hells angels turned up at Chepstow.

And the farce at Ayr where the problem on the bend caused an abandonment? Helpfully a spectator in clown costume was already at the track to give advice.




:^0

plastic beer cups allowed to gather in the rings all day-disgusting

Good farces listed here - top 2,000 probably a better thread name :(

Very good thread. :)

GT 13 Apr 23:41
Mike Cattermole calling @ Cheltenham Festivals & Grand Nationals...


Remember last year ..... " and Mikael D'haguenet finds nothing....." As he cruises into the lead on the steel! :^0 Truelly awful stuff.

the best was in 1855 when four famous Nh Gentleman riders got a special race up for them as they were all skint.and it was nearing xmas.
The meeting was Shrewsbury
And a 4 runner sprint over 5 furlongs was arranged. by accident another horse was entered,
so they all decided to let that one win that they backed to win £2500 on credit.
At the start being ridden by a real jockey, carrying a 5lb penelty.
Was left at the start,
All the gents stopped and come back
"It was only fair said the one..

In the new off the winner was the one they required at 5/2.
And a merry X mas was had by all.

Who said racing is benter now?

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The Portland Handicap at Donny when Madraco fell down a pot hole wiping out Paul Cook, Ian Johnson and Ray Cochrane in the process......

^

Father Christmas on the track during the 2004 King George

Ayr racecourse iffy ground on bend (second edition)

Good effort by Ayr here.

21. Due to overwatering and noone noticing when walking the course beforehand, Ayr have to delay their races by 30 minutes why som efalse ground is railed off.

(this thread could be a permanent addition to the forum)

Still using manual left by last clerk(nap)