Wanaasah’s unchallenged victory in Wednesday’s race meant all nine beaten jockeys were hauled in to explain themselves
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The first thing that should probably be said about the bizarre finale to the card at Wolverhampton on Wednesday is that it was an apprentices’ handicap, and therefore a contest in which all of the riders were, by definition, inexperienced. As such, it was one that punters could easily avoid if they did not want to risk money on a race designed for young jockeys who are not, as yet, the finished product.
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