{"id":143716,"date":"2023-09-30T15:56:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=143716"},"modified":"2023-09-30T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T15:56:56","slug":"massive-racing-debacle-as-winning-horse-disqualified-after-bosses-find-out-its-a-different-horse-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/sport\/massive-racing-debacle-as-winning-horse-disqualified-after-bosses-find-out-its-a-different-horse-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive racing debacle as winning horse disqualified after bosses find out it's a different horse | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A SHOCKING case of mistaken identity has been uncovered after it emerged the winning horse was actually the wrong horse.<\/p>\n

It was thought Ano Manna was an easy winner at Killarney in Ireland on Saturday.<\/p>\n

But it was soon discovered the horse punters thought was Ano Manna was actually a totally different one.<\/p>\n

The 'winning' horse, according to Irish Racing, was Ano Manna's stablemate Indigo Five.<\/p>\n

Bang Po, who finished second, was named the winner at 10-1.<\/p>\n

Punters simply could not believe what they had witnessed.<\/p>\n

One said: "What an absolute shambles."<\/p>\n

Another wrote: "How on earth can this happen?"<\/p>\n

Ano Manna was sent off 7-2 favourite for the mile handicap race on the Flat at 3.05pm.<\/p>\n

Leigh Roche barely had to get to work inside the final furlong for a comfortable win.<\/p>\n

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But it was around about 20 minutes after the race finished that an objection to the result was lodged.<\/p>\n

It has since emerged that Ano Manna – who is trained by John James Feane – was a different horse.<\/p>\n

The matter has been complicated further by the fact bookies had paid out on the 'winner'.<\/p>\n

And that Ano Manna – the real one – had an excellent record at the track anyway.<\/p>\n

The whole debacle was likened to a Dick Francis novel as punters blasted the total 's**t show'.<\/p>\n

Ano Manna is a three-year-old bay filly with a white splash on her face.<\/p>\n

Indigo Five is a four-year-old bay filly with a similar white mark on her face.<\/p>\n

The latter was declared to run in the 5.20 at the track – but ended up winning the wrong race.<\/p>\n

Steward Liam Walsh told Irish Racing: "Ano Manna never ran so it is declared a non-runner and from a betting point of view, is declared a non-runner.<\/p>\n

"The enquiry is not over yet and we have to get through the nuts and bolts of the issue.<\/p>\n

"It takes time to verify the sequence of events but once the events are established, the raceday stewards have the power to demote, disqualify or declare a horse a non-runner for a breach of these rules.<\/p>\n

"Mr Feane came in and it transpires they saddled the wrong horse, so their other runner Indigo Five is now a non-runner as it already ran."<\/p>\n

Although it appears this was an innocent if unforgivable mix-up, it did remind punters of the infamous Flockton Grey case where a ringer for another horse won a race.<\/p>\n

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