The Tapeta appears to be riding much differently today. Horses on the pace have really struggled so far, with all of the winners, apart from Mendip coming from mid division or further back. This suggests that we should give a lot of credit to Mendip for his opening race success, where Uncle Tom came from the clouds to take second close home.
I wonder if they have prepared the track slightly differently than to previous weeks or whether they have now decided to quicken the track up?
What ever the reason, it's certainly changed from the opening few days, when being on the pace (fast or slow) was an advantage.
They haven't gone overly quick in either of the last two races today, but the horses who were dictating have finished a long way off them at the wire.
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