Wingman Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Last night UK's premier middle distance race King George 6th and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (named after the late Queen's parents) was run on a track (Ascot) officially described as good to firm, good in places. It was won by an outsider 25/1 Goliath in a quick time, 4th fastest last dozen years although helped by strong gallop by a rival stables pacemaker. The favourite Auguste Rodin failed to run a decent race. His champion trainer Aidan O'Brian blamed the ground saying "It was nowhere near good to firm anywhere. It was good to soft in places. It was cut up on the rails and full of sand". I watched the replay and agree, it was a true dead track, bordering on soft or actually soft in places. The clerk of the course defended his decision to water the course on Friday evening saying "I don't think the description is vastly inaccurate". Sound familiar? BS and spin to defend the indefensible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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