Jimeen,not trying to take you to task on this,I can see were you're coming from to a certain extent,all I'm saying is the effect on the ring would have been minimum, how many bet on UK racing in the ring ,off the top of my head I'd say 5 at most. About 13yrs ago I had a bet with a ring bookie on UK racing,I backed a horse @ 5/1 one minute before the off,I went inside too watch the race and too my horror saw that the horse I'd backed outside with the caring bookie, had drifted from 5s out too 9/1 yet he failed to show this on his board, he was betting from a sheet I might add this was the days before the electronic boards,when I asked him how come he hadn't changed the odds,  he looked me right in the eye and said, I NEVER noticed!.The best lesson I ever had on course,never punted with the robber again. BHA had plenty of time to adjust their times after losing several meetings, yet wanted the HRI to get them out of a hole instead of looking after their own business.