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RACING: Difficult Quest

Tuesday 21 March 1995 00:02 GMT
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A 33-1 shot, Whitelock Quest, won the first race at Southwell yesterday, sharpening a controversy over the late switch of the Tote Jackpot from another track.

The Jackpot had swollen to £347,415.55 after punters failed to find the first six winners at Uttoxeter on Saturday. The pool had been due to be carried forward to the same course yesterday, but the Tote transferred the prize to bigger fields at the Flat meeting at Southwell.

Whitelock Quest stormed home despite having been beaten a distance in a selling hurdle on his previous start. Unsurprisingly, nobody won the pool, now amounting to £537,620.79. Stratford holds the prize today. A full cover perm on the 61 horses in action would require 742,560 lines.

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