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and third is no disgrace.
The international jockeys’ hurdle was next on the card, with handsome Little Caveat winning the turnout prize. Making his first start in more than a year, the gelding was tailed off, finishing last (he was pulled up and seemingly retired after one more unsuccessful start a month later.) Turnout hoax? No — more likely a useful, aged runner hitting the end of his career.
OK, OK, the next race makes it hard to argue against the perceived BTO jinx: Multiple stakes winner Ironfist had never before fallen in a race. But just moments after his gleaming chestnut coat and bright eye caught the turnout judges’ attention before the International Gold Cup, the gelding made an rare mistake and fell hard at the fourth fence. Surely bad omens don’t carry this far, but the champion did retire after the Gold Cup.
Fine, fine. The self-fulfilling BTO prophecy looks like it
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