Talking Horses: 'Wrong kind of shoes' blamed for Caravaggio flop


The flashy colt was beaten at odds of 8-11 on Sunday but Aidan O’Brien now believes that footwear may have been at fault

Here’s another entry for the file marked ‘There’s Always An Explanation When A Good Horse Is Beaten On The Flat’. Aidan O’Brien reports an issue with Caravaggio’s shoes may account for his disappointing effort in Sunday’s Prix Maurice de Gheest.

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