Belmont race 9 - HOLD ALL TICKETS

[postpicker]

NYRA screwed up the numbers for the superfecta. The 13 horse finished fourth but NYRA posted the 10. NYRA was paying off the super with 10 in fourth until they discovered mistake and have now stopped cashing that winning super. They are now recalculating the super and will start cashing the super with the 13 in fourth.

[NoLuvForPletch]

Well, they do have an abundance of cash to spare.

[letswastemoney]

That's embarrassing

[Alan07]

They should refund the rset of the pool.

[10 pnt move up]

I laughed, not sure how that happens but...funny.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The NYRA placing judges have a long way to go before they top NYRA's clocker or Equibases chart caller for the NYRA circuit ... but man, they're making progress at catching up.

[Kasept]

NYRA TO PAY OUT BOTH OFFICIAL AND ACTUAL SUPERFECTA

ELMONT, N.Y. – In the ninth and final race of the day at Belmont Park on Thursday, September 24, an error was made in the posting of the fourth-place finisher, resulting in an incorrect Superfecta order.

Following is the sequence of events:

5:18:40 p.m. – Race 9 Post Time
5:22:13 p.m. – Incorrect Superfecta order (8-14-5-10) posted and made official
5:22:17 p.m. – Tote system enabled cashing of incorrect Superfecta
5:25:06 p.m. – Tote system suspended payment on all pools
5:49:44 p.m. – Correct Superfecta order (8-14-5-13) was enabled in the Tote system for cashing

New York State regulations require that once the official order of finish is posted, it must be paid. In addition, NYRA will honor wagers made on the actual order of finish.

[Kasept]

Racing and Wagering Board launches inquiry into erroneous result

New York State Racing and Wagering Board Chairman John D. Sabini today
announced the Board has opened an inquiry into a mistake made in the
initial posting of the official Superfecta results of the 9th Race at
Belmont Park on Sept. 25. The New York Racing Association later
announced a second order of finish after realizing that the wrong horse
was listed as finishing in 4th place.

"We will conduct a thorough review of the chain of events that led up
to this," Chairman Sabini said. "If we determine new safeguards are
needed, the Board will move forward in instituting them in an
expeditious manner."

Citing New York State Thoroughbred racing rules, the Board has
determined that pari-mutuel wagers with the initial official result
must be paid by pari-mutuel operators. Even though the initial order of
finish -- 8-14-5-10 - proved to be incorrect, the Board pointed to
Board Rules 4008.1 and 4008.4 in explaining that once a result is posted
as official, it cannot be changed for pari-mutuel purposes. This
finality, under the rules, applies even where the stewards make a
subsequent change in the order of finish after the result is declared
official.

The Board is advising that pari-mutuel operators may, in their
discretion, pay the correct but unofficial result for mutuel purposes
for those wagers on order of finish 8-14-5-13. NYRA announced today that
it would pay out on that order of finish, as well as the now official
order of finish, as posted initially after the 9th Race.

"Preliminary indications suggest that this mistake resulted from human
error," Chairman Sabini said. "The goal of the inquiry is not only to
pinpoint how this happened but to determine what should be done to
prevent it from happening again."

[10 pnt move up]

This is beyond funny, pay, nope no pay, today is back to pay. Racing just makes me laugh.

[Dunbar]

Expensive mistake! If no one threw away their winning ticket, then NYRA had to pay an extra $83,800.

The superfecta pool was $111,798. After 25% takeout, there is still over $83,800 to be paid out. TWICE!

--Dunbar

[Left Bank]

Almost as funny as Lava Man back in training.

[Gander]

Its hilarious. Should be on an epsiode of the 3 stooges.

[Payson Dave]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The NYRA placing judges have a long way to go before they top NYRA's clocker or Equibases chart caller for the NYRA circuit ... but man, they're making progress at catching up.

hmmmm....just outta curiousity what's your beef with the clockers??