PUNTERS slated this ‘farcical’ Brighton race which saw a flip start for a five-and-a-half furlong sprint.
Stall handlers were stuck in traffic and couldn’t make it to the course for the 2.30pm opener.
That meant the gates could not be used and the twitchy sprinters were made to race from the sort of start you see in jumps racing.
Fog at the track made conditions even worse.
An official BHA update said before the race: “Fixture Notice @BrightonRace: Due to stall handlers being delayed in traffic, Race 1 will commence via a flip start.”
Punters were simply floored by the development, with one calling it ‘shambolic’.
Another wrote: “This is just unreal.”