I saw McCartney win the big 2yo race at Doncaster on Leger day. Expected him to show more as he matured, since his pedigree (In the Wings over Dashing Blade) indicated classic distance talent at 3 and up, but it didn't pan out.
How many promising horses have had their careers trashed by Godolphin buying them up and then mismanaging them? You can start with every one they bought in the US to train for the Kentucky Derby. Yes, Street Cry came back to run well at 4, but he could have done much more than that, had he been left in the states to train.
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