Talking Horses: Kew Gardens out of Ascot with Ballydoyle bug


Following Magic Wand’s flop in the Irish Oaks last weekend, Aidan O’Brien says some of his horses are under the weather

Ugh, what a pity that Kew Gardens has been taken out of Saturday’s King George, apparently suffering from an infection of some kind. The Racing Post report that he “didn’t scope 100% clean” this morning, the latest suggestion that there’s a bug at Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle stable. 

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