Betfair have made in-running bets during Voler La Vadette’s win at Leopardstown void.
There were bizarre scenes in their market for the woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown with a total of £1,642,094 was matched at 28-1 on the winner, who went off the 13-8 second favourite on-course and won very easily.
Even more strangely, the Betfair graph showed over £21million was offered to back Colm Murphy’s mare at those odds, even though she was always in contention and looked the obvious winner even before the final flight.
Betfair suspended the market in order to investigate, and then confirmed that in-running bets would be void.
In a statement posted on their forum, the company said: “Customers betting in-play on this race will have seen that Voler La Vedette was available to back at 29 when the in-running market was suspended, and that a considerable sum was matched on the clear winner at that price.
“An investigation has revealed that this was due to an obvious technical failure which allowed a customer to exceed their exposure limit.
“In accordance with our terms and conditions, all in running bets on this race, both win and place, will be made void.
“We fully appreciate the dissatisfaction this will cause many customers, and apologise for a very poor customer and betting experience.”
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