Horses That Missed The Festival

[Desert Orchid]

I think you need to make allowances for the searching pace Might Bite and Native a River went in very testing going.

This is pretty much the crux of my argument. I really don't believe they went that fast.

 

[Maruco]

This is pretty much the crux of my argument. I really don't believe they went that fast.

I think this where we differ on this one Maurice. The jockeys were reporting the ground to be very tacky and holding which is the toughest ground for horses to get home in. The way races were run and the position of the finishers also supported that. The pace of the Gold Cup is in that context.