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Originally Posted by Sightseek
Thanks.
How do you usually spot them, from checking the charts or is that where the mistake originates? Or is it something you're more apt to pick up in watching the replay?
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The chartcallers have very tough jobs....and will make more mistakes than people realize.
If you want an example of an uncorrected mistake---go look at the past performances for Mike Watchmaker's #1 ranked sprinter in the country, Smokey Stover.
In his defeat at Turf Paradice, the chart caller confused him with another horse in the race---and he was simply not racing in 8th place (9 lengths back) after the first quarter mile, and in 7th place after a half mile.
In that instance, Smokey Stover was wearing pink silks, and the horse he was confused with had pink blinkers.