Cape Blanco fails to up the Dante
It all appeared straightforward on paper. The race regarded as the best Derby trial, run at a solid pace throughout and delivering the sort of clear-cut winner that most observers had craved. Then the downside arrived.
The winning jockey was non-committal, the breeding pundits doubted the winner’s stamina and the horse himself walked lamely to the racecourse stables. So, back to square one. Rarely can such a convincing winner of a Classic trial have delivered so many mixed messages as when Cape Blanco won the Group Two totesport.com Dante Stakes at York. And yet the performance was emphatic enough.
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