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Hong Kong Jockey Club Promises $16M Rake Fiasco Will Not Be Repeated

In the fallout from Hong Kong’s first no-race on Wednesday night, the Jockey Club is "reviewing procedures behind the starting gates and will offer entry protection for the horses involved in the Happy Valley rake fiasco" that lost the club HK$126M ($16.3M) in turnover, according to Alan Aitken of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. After a race, track staff use rakes to "tidy up the turf where the wheels of the starting gates have left their mark and, for the sake of convenience, the rakes are stored in a gap in the barrier structure next to barrier one." On Wednesday night, however, "a rake had been placed in that position but in a more upright position and got caught up in the mechanism of the starting gates as the barriers opened and caused the malfunction which meant the 12 gates failed to open at the same time." Stewards had "little choice but to declare the race void" and HK$126M of single pool bets was returned to punters and the Jockey Challenge, which usually holds from HK$8M-HK$11M ($1M-$1.4M), was abandoned. Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said that the club is "reviewing its procedures to ensure that is no repeat of the incident." He added that the club also "was aware that owners of horses which ran in the abandoned race had lost an opportunity with their horses and accommodations would need to be made for them." Engelbrecht-Bresges: "There is already another, similar race programmed at Happy Valley in a few weeks so that opportunity is available" (SCMP, 10/27).

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