He came up short in the King George for a second time but let’s not forget he was carrying marginally more weight than Enable
For all the tension, there was never a moment in Saturday’s King George when I really believed Crystal Ocean was going to win it. I think that’s how it was for most observers and it has fed into our collective response to the race; he has been acknowledged for his part in making a thrilling contest but the pile of bouquets thrown in his direction does not compare with the floral mountain being heaped up in front of Enable.
This is, of course, terribly unjust because, as Talking Horses regulars know only too well, he was carrying 3lb more than her. According to the official BHA scale, 3lb equates to two lengths in mile and a half races. On the bare facts of Saturday’s result, Crystal Ocean is a marginally better horse than Enable.
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