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- Updated: December 30, 2016
Graham Ford, the judge who called an incorrect result at Lingfield on Wednesday, has been stood down from his duties while an investigation takes place.
Ford originally called Elementary as third in the seven-furlong nursery but was later forced to amend the result and name Sun Angel as third instead.
Some bookmakers paid out on both horses but they were under no obligation to do so, while some punters who backed the correct third, Sun Angel, were not paid out and vice versa.
Robin Mounsey, the British Horseracing Authority’s media manager, said: “First, we wish to apologise to racegoers, bettors and bookmakers for an error …
