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Had an ew bet in the 4.30 at Newcastle this morning when there 8 runners.

I've gone back to the race and what do I see?

That 8 runners is now down to 5. So my ew bet now applies to first two rather than the first 3 plus any winnings I might get is slashed into by a 30p in the pound deduction. Why on earth would anyone bother? This is happening every day and it seems that 8 runner fields are the exception rather than the rule.

I'm getting so hacked off that I bet less and less.

There are 24 nr's today at the meeting, all citing 'going' as the reason. Someone's taking the piss.

I asked the BHA to provide me with evidence about the number of nr's in the two years before the new decs rule began and then to provide me with stats on the number of nr's for the last two seasons. No answer.

<blockquote data-quote="yorick" data-source="post: 2694451" data-attributes="member: 66534">Had an ew bet in the 4.30 at Newcastle this morning when there 8 runners.I&#039;ve gone back to the race and what do I see?That 8 runners is now down to 5. So my ew bet now applies to first two rather than the first 3 plus any winnings I might get is slashed into by a 30p in the pound deduction. Why on earth would anyone bother? This is happening every day and it seems that 8 runner fields are the exception rather than the rule.I&#039;m getting so hacked off that I bet less and less. There are 24 nr&#039;s today at the meeting, all citing &#039;going&#039; as the reason. Someone&#039;s taking the piss. I asked the BHA to provide me with evidence about the number of nr&#039;s in the two years before the new decs rule began and then to provide me with stats on the number of nr&#039;s for the last two seasons.&nbsp; No answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yorick, post: 2694451, member: 66534"] Had an ew bet in the 4.30 at Newcastle this morning when there 8 runners. I've gone back to the race and what do I see? That 8 runners is now down to 5. So my ew bet now applies to first two rather than the first 3 plus any winnings I might get is slashed into by a 30p in the pound deduction. Why on earth would anyone bother? This is happening every day and it seems that 8 runner fields are the exception rather than the rule. I'm getting so hacked off that I bet less and less. There are 24 nr's today at the meeting, all citing 'going' as the reason. Someone's taking the piss. I asked the BHA to provide me with evidence about the number of nr's in the two years before the new decs rule began and then to provide me with stats on the number of nr's for the last two seasons. No answer. [/QUOTE]

Verification: 5 + 3 = ?