Less moaning by racing fans about multiple entries from Ballydoyle in the top races is one likely result from Longchamp
It would be stretching things more than a little to suggest that Enable was denied a third win in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Sunday because American beef farmers use a synthetic drug called zilpaterol to fatten their cattle for slaughter. And yes, “more than a little”, in this case, probably means “quite a lot”.
But there is also no doubt that the scratching of Aidan O’Brien’s four declared runners in the Arc, following positive tests for zilpaterol after they ate contaminated feed, made a real difference to the way that Sunday’s race played out. Without Serpentine and Sovereign, one or both of which would have ensured a solid pace, this was a very different Arc to the one we would have watched with the Ballydoyle horses in the race.
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Pontefract 12.00 Farhan 12.30 Tahonta 1.00 Sea Trout Reach (nb) 1.30 Nordano 2.00 After John (nap) 2.30 Hydros 3.00 Date In Vegas 3.30 Yukon
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