HRI to investigate on-course bookie

ON-course bookmaker Ger Dalton is under investigation by Horse Racing Ireland following his failure to honour winning bets at Listowel last Saturday.

Dalton didn’t price up the final race, having reportedly run out of money.

As a result numerous disappointed and disgruntled punters were forced to form a lengthy queue outside of the HRI levy office. The word last night was that scores of patrons are now owed many thousands of euro.