UK Saturday - King George

Considering his mind being on the Norway these were superb rides...............

WILLIAM BUICK came from last to first on Bronze Prince to land the International, sything down long-time leader The Confessor, who appeared to have repelled all challengers from the front.

Rewilding report

John Gosden, Nathaniel's trainer, had just won the King George for the first time, 51 years after spraining a wrist when he fell off a sofa watching his father's Aggressor win the same race. He was just yards away from the line, and went to do what he could for Rewilding.

"I think people watching misunderstand," Gosden said. "I've seen horses galloping loose in the paddock do exactly what he did to himself. It's a freakish thing, he's put the leg down wrong and broken the cannon bone.

"He ran down the track in front of everyone and he stopped. He was very calm and collected. He had to be dealt with because the leg was completely gone. He was in no pain, that's the extraordinary thing about this. When they break a leg like that it's as though nature anaesthetises them, they feel absolutely no pain. They feel more with a cut in fact, it's very strange. I fed him a bit of grass and he was very well dealt with by the vets."

Tim Morris, the director of equine science and welfare at the British Horseracing Authority, said that there had been no choice but to put Rewilding down.

"Rewilding suddenly and completely unexpectedly suffered a major fracture of the lower part of his near-fore leg," Morris said. "These things do occasionally happen in horseracing. The horse was caught and examined and the decision was made that humane euthanasia was the only option. It is a great regret but it was the right decision for the horse."

Charles Barnett, Ascot's chief executive, said: "This sort of incident is terribly regrettable, especially on a flagship day like today. We express our profound sympathies to Sheikh Mohammed [the owner], the Godolphin operation, the trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni and jockey Frankie Dettori."

Not going to post a replay

I didn't know what happened until I went to Racingpost to see.........I'm absolutely devastated........

Wow.....

Anyway.......

Two days in a row Gosden bailed me out with two good priced winners. Stable in top form

gregbucks Wrote:

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> How about a Henry Cecil treble
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> Twice Over - runs this weekend
> Midday
> Frankel

Shit when you good, you good.... and Sir Henry is the best...

well dine Greg,henry might just give Goldikova a run for it

Unfortunately I didn't play it Hibs... I was referring to the trainer...

Workforce back on course to defend Arc crown

WORKFORCE is once again on course to seek consecutive victories in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after being reported "fine" following a King George VI and QueenElizabeth Stakes that left him nursing battle wounds.

The winner of last season's Arc and Investec Derby was sent off a heavily-backed 6-5 favourite for the Ascot showpiece but threw away any chance of defeating Nathaniel when hanging badly left and becoming almost impossible to steer down the track's home straight.

Racecourse vets subsequently reported that the Sir Michael Stoute-trained four-year-old had been struck into, as a result of which he was left stiff behind. Further investigations failed to offer any other explanation for the Coral-Eclipse Stakes second's erratic behaviour when brought under pressure.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, said: "Workforce is fine and we're heading towards the Arc with him, although I'm not saying that he will go directly there. He was checked out after Ascot and apart from the scrapes he picked up in the race nothing very significant was found.

"We have to go on and try to repeat what he did last year at Longchamp. It's a bit of a way off so he isn't burning up the gallops but the plan is the Arc."

Workforce, who has not been entered in the Qipco Champion Stakes, can be backed between 5-1 and 7-1 for the Arc, in which he last year revelled in very soft ground to thwart Japanese challenger Nakayama Festa by a head.