萌妹社区 (BHA) has today confirmed that聽it has amended the result of the 6.55pm at Chester (The Together Commercial Finance Handicap) on Friday 12 July.
The horses finished in the following order:
1st Infrastructure
2nd Dark Red
3rd DH Lunar Jet/Vivid Diamond
The聽Stewards then held an inquiry聽to consider聽possible interference involving聽Dark Red and Lunar Jet in the closing stages of the race.
The result of the Stewards鈥� inquiry was that Dark Red had improved its position as a result of the interference and as a consequence had to be placed behind Lunar Jet. The Stewards amended the placings as follows:
1st Infrastructure
2nd Lunar Jet
3rd Dark Red
4th Vivid Diamond
When reversing the placings following interference, the Rules require the interferer to be placed behind the horse it has interfered with but do not permit for horses who have dead heated to be split, unless there has been interference between them.
As long as no interference has occurred between the聽horses who have dead heated, they should be treated as a single entity rather than splitting out their finishing positions聽as occurred on Friday. As such, Dark Red should have been聽demoted to fourth place behind Lunar Jet and Vivid Diamond, with the result that they move to a dead heat聽for second place.
Having requested a report over the weekend and subsequently investigated the matter,聽the BHA has therefore corrected the result as follows:
1st Infrastructure
2nd DH Lunar Jet/Vivid Diamond
4th Dark Red
The BHA understands the impact this will have had on a limited number of bets and that some disruption聽may have been caused to both off and on course operators and their customers, and apologises for this.
It聽will now consider what steps to take in the future to minimize the risk of such an incident re-occurring, which may include聽publishing specific guidance relating to interference involving horses who have dead heated.
