I mentioned it.
He is a nice guy but is out of his depth against the real top notchers.Only two G1's in his career,both on bottomless ground and the first was awful to watch the way he abused his mount.Needless to say it never won again.
His current employer has a knack of employing patsies..Some of Mr O'Shea's antics leave me scratching my ample thatched cranium as well...about as much use as a wet dish cloth in a finish.
The Maktoums really are a rather vacuous lot when it comes to the sport of Sheikhs.
Whilst I dont disagree with the point you've made Dex is it not more likely that Wotton Basset just didn't train on?
