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Originally Posted by Kitan
Aidan gave a genuine interview on ITV from Newmarket today. Said a lot of the
same things, but the article does miss one important note. When galloping out on track before the race, Ryan Moore reported that it felt like the ground was coming out from underneath him, in that Mendelssohn just wanted to buck on that surface. No surprise that two years in a row, horses who just cannot get that type of muddy experience, even in the mornings, are completely baffled when they hit a drenched dirt track for the first time.
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Even after the bad start he did try to get back in it. Jock was right to pull him up though. No point in risking something.