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‘Absolute carnage’ at Newcastle as SEVEN horses withdrawn from 5.00 race after shambolic false start

, ‘Absolute carnage’ at Newcastle as SEVEN horses withdrawn from 5.00 race after shambolic false start

CARNAGE unfolded at Newcastle as SEVEN horses were withdrawn from a race following a false start.

Favourite Klopp was not in the stalls for the 5.00 when virtually all the other runners left.

Klopp was not in the stalls when the horses left

Confusion reigned as a number of horses ran down the straight to the finish post.

But seven horses were taken out for the race as a restart was announced.

Sky Sports host Leonna Mayor branded the situation: “Absolutely bonkers.”

When the race was eventually rerun it was won by Klopp, who plummeted in price prior to the off.

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Winning jockey Harry Russell said: “It’s not the circumstances in which you want to win.

“But it’s happened as we just have to move past it.

“Klopp was grand, I don’t think she knew what was going on. It’s a shame but she’s done what she’s done and she’s won.”

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