MYSORE RACES ROCKED BY WELL-PLANNED FAVOURITES COLLAPSE

 

WELL-PLANNED FAVOURITES DEBACLE ROCKS MYSORE RACES

The 9th day of the Mysore Monsoon Season (Friday, 3rd October 2025) witnessed one of the most disgraceful and shameful episodes in recent racing history, when the two leading fancies in The Meerut Plate (Race No. 59) were both rendered helpless — not by racing merit, but by sheer manipulation.

The firm favourite LIVE THE DREAM and the second favourite CONNECTING DOTS — both strongly supported in the betting ring — were virtually robbed of their chances through highly suspicious saddle mishaps that conveniently occurred in tandem, ensuring that the public, who reposed their faith in the horses, were left high and dry.

• The saddle on CONNECTING DOTS shifted forward well before the final turn, climbing over the withers and leaving the rider in a precarious and unsafe position.

• In an even more shocking turn of events, the saddle of LIVE THE DREAM slipped back completely, leaving the jockey a mere passenger, unable to guide or ride the horse in any competitive manner.

That both the first and second favourites suffered crippling saddle malfunctions in the very same race is beyond the realm of coincidence. Instead, it reeks of orchestrated high-handedness and calculated design, engineered to sink the weight of public money invested on these two prime contenders.

While both horses still managed to finish second and third, the fact remains that neither was allowed to display its true ability — the jockeys rendered helpless by gross negligence (or worse, deliberate planning). Racing enthusiasts and punters, who keep the sport alive through their trust and participation, were brazenly betrayed.

The questions that Mysore Race Club cannot ignore are:

1. How did two favourites in the same race suffer saddle mishaps simultaneously?

2. Were the saddles checked and secured properly at the weighing scale and parade ring?

3. Why should punters and racing patrons suffer financial losses due to what appears to be premeditated malpractice?

4. Who benefits from ensuring favourites fail — if not those in control of the betting markets?

Horse racing is built on trust, and when such scandalous episodes are allowed to take place, confidence in the system collapses. The stewards and officials cannot hide behind routine excuses. This was not an accident — it was a systematic sabotage of favourites, an insult to the sport and a mockery of the punters’ faith.

If stringent action is not taken immediately against those responsible, then the Mysore races risk being reduced to nothing more than a gambling den where manipulation and deceit reign supreme.

The racing public deserves answers — not silence.