“My feeling after the race was what a sad sight it was to see this horse trail in out of the places in an undistinguished pattern race on the all weather”
I disagree. I thought he acquitted himself well considering he’s old, not race fit and he probably needs more of a trip. Why should it be considered horribly infra dig. to run in group 3s (one that was good enough for Enable, and her winning times in this race, beating Crystal Ocean on the first occasion, were both slower than Pride of Arras today) or heritage handicaps? If he had to be flogged to keep up and looked like he was hating it then yeah, but he wasn’t and didn’t.