Watch 📺 Punters fume after controversial Tamworth photo finish

Chaos erupted after Race 5 at Tamworth, with a finish so messy it left punters furious and officials scrambling.

Short-priced favourite Oakfield Utah appeared to have claimed the win on the available footage, but uncertainty set in almost immediately.

Concluding stages of Tamworth R5. They actually interviewed the inside horses trainer as the winner. Put up the outside horse as the actual winner of the race. Then 10 minutes later update it to a Dead Heat 🤣🤣 #TheGreatGame pic.twitter.com/yUBZOVDkdA

— John Walter (@J_Walter23) December 22, 2025

The semaphore board briefly showed an incorrect result, listing horse No.1 in both first and second place, while the displayed race time was also wrong.

After a delay, the course announcer then declared Lady Billie the winner, adding further uncertainty to the outcome.

Adding to the farce, Anna Roper was interviewed after Lady Billie was initially declared the winner — admitting she thought she’d actually lost.

After a lengthy delay of around ten minutes, stewards reviewed the finish and officially amended the result to a dead heat.

The unusual sequence of events left many punters scratching their heads.