Well it should have been another weekend of high class racing. Once again it all goes wrong.
First of all the lovely grey Detroit City dies in a race at Ascot, the second weekend racing has been overshadowed by a star paying the ultimate price. The post mortem seems to suggest it was a ruptured valve in his heart that killed him. Not being a vet I don’t know if that was caused by the fall or if it caused him to fall. Either way it is going to add more ammunition to the guns of the anti-racing brigade.
The other problem is entirely internal to racing. Owners and trainers always seem to be complaining about the lack of prize money, yet Huntingdon stage a £70,000 chase and only four horses are declared to run at the overnight stage and, following late injuries, only two actually raced, turning the whole event into a virtual farce. Come on owners and trainers what is your problem?
For Saturday's review visit http://www.ors-racing.co.uk/SuperSaturday.html
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