Alhakmah’s defeat was frustrating but a couple of wins at Goodwood on Thursday would make it all right again
Did you see Alhakmah yesterday? You know it’s Goodwood when your horse gets knocked sideways, crosses the entire width of the track and then finishes at improbable speed from a mile back to be beaten a neck. I imagine her trainer, Richard Hannon, was throwing things at the screen. That’s what I was doing, anyway.
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Goodwood 1.50 Bathsheba Bay (nb) 2.25 Pilaster (nap) 3.00 Shine So Bright 3.35 Billesdon Brook 4.10 Greenback Boogie 4.45 Accordance 5.20 Cowboy Soldier
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