RTW was sweating badly beforehand, skin stetched tight over his ribs - you could count each one - I'm no horse wrangler, but it seemed obvious to me that something was amiss. And so it proved. Hope he's ok.
Well done Olicav but I'm not sure who told you Punchestown was a sharp track....it most definitely is not.
Sorry Dex, still relatively new to racing- think I got my terminology wrong! I just meant less of a play on stamina than Cheltenham. Ruby didn't push the pace half as much as I thought he would, which played into Jezki's hands. Personally, I just think that CF is tired after a long and successful season.
Just watched that first race at Towcester. Roseini's young jockey must have thought he was on Nijinsky? Finished like the wind to finish....4th.....of course!