Marathon Bet - Speculative Bid rule 4 deduction
I have had 3 bets with MarathonBet subject to a rule 4 deduction on Donncha in the 3.15 Ascot race on 25th July. Please see below for details of bets.
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The £33.5 ew single bet on Donncha was initially settled correctly at £125.63 at 3.22pm presumably when the weighed-in notice was given. However, this was subsequently reduced to £107.20 after a rule 4 deduction was made at 4.07pm following an announcement by the stewards that Speculative Bid was a non runner, a later announcement was subsequently made that for betting purposes and under tattersalls rules Speculative Bid should be deemed a runner because the weighed-in notice had been given. Indeed MarathonBets own rules state: "On all Horse Racing markets the weigh-in will define the official result. Any subsequent changes to the result after the weigh-in will not count for settlement purposes."
Therefore I argue according to the rules of both tattersalls and MarathonBet there should be no rule 4 applied to these bets, indeed both the racing post :
http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=628870&r_date=2015-07-25&popup=yes#results_top_tabs=re_&results_bottom_tabs=ANALYSIS
and sportinglife
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/results/25-07-2015/ascot/result/679650/gigaset-international-stakes-heritage-handicap
Do not have Speculative Bid down as a non runner
#32582. Bet Source: Web. Single EW : £ 33.50
Total Odds: 11/1 EP
25 Jul 15:15 Horse Racing. Ascot. 15:15 Ascot (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/4 1,2,3,4 ) : 21 Donncha. Odds: 11/1 20p R4 3
#32585. Bet Source: Web. Patent EW : £ 2.00 (£ 28.00)
25 Jul 20:30 Horse Racing. Lingfield. 20:30 Lingfield (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/4 1,2,3 ) : 2 Molly Cat. Odds: 9/2 (7/1 SP) 4
25 Jul 15:15 Horse Racing. Ascot. 15:15 Ascot (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/4 1,2,3,4 ) : 21 Donncha. Odds: 11/1 20p R4 3
25 Jul 15:30 Horse Racing. York. 15:30 York (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/4 1,2,3,4 ) : 7 Tanzeel. Odds: 7/1 1
#32584. Bet Source: Web. Patent EW : £ 2.00 (£ 28.00)
25 Jul 20:30 Horse Racing. Lingfield. 20:30 Lingfield (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/4 1,2,3 ) : 2 Molly Cat. Odds: 9/2 (7/1 SP) 4
25 Jul 14:40 Horse Racing. Ascot. 14:40 Ascot (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/5 1,2,3 ) : 1 Azraff. Odds: 10/1 (12/1 SP)
25 Jul 15:15 Horse Racing. Ascot. 15:15 Ascot (25/07). To Win Race ( 1/4 1,2,3,4 ) : 21 Donncha. Odds: 11/1 20p R4 3
