Divided bumper at wincanton

30 Entries at Original 5-Day Entry stage - so they Divided.

Entries  30 pay £20

Good to soft ground, so others must have wanted it firm.

Only half listening to pundit at mid-day but he suggested there was a chase of some sort that only had 3 entered so was scrapped and so tptb divided the bumper to give an 8 race card.

originally there was meant to be a novice hunter chase, but that was cancelled when just 3 entries, rules allow them to split the bumper to make 7 races, but then the maiden hurdle had a large entry and split to leave 8 races.

Thanks for the replies, seems it was down to the hunter chase been cancelled.Just seemed odd as we are told far  less money is bet when fields drop below 8 runners thus returning less money to racing.

Divided bumpers at Huntingdon today and Kelso tomorrow