Captain Ramius’ Gold Cup victory: The third big upset of this summer
This summer has brought some unbelievable upsets in the British horseracing arena. Many sport lovers claim that this is the season of underdogs only. From St Leger Stakes to Coronation Cup and then Ayr Gold Cup, we have witnessed astonishing results.
An upset always brings thrill in a game and spectators enjoy it a lot. The same was witnessed each of the three times at Doncaster, Ascot and Ayr. But, these incidents proved to be greatly disgusting for the punters who suffered a huge financial loss every
time.
On June 22, 10 runners tried their lucks in the Coronation Stakes race of the gorgeous Royal Ascot event. Homecoming Queen was the 9-4 hot favourite for that contest.
Unexpectedly, an ordinary runner with 12-1 odds, Fallen For You, came to the forefront and grabbed a convincing victory by the margin of 3¼ lengths.
This upset proved to be a big shock for the bettors. The spectators, who were watching the contest with naked eyes, were also spellbound to see the way Fallen For You thrived.
On June 30, the A. P. O'Brien trained bay colt, Camelot, failed to make history even after 42 years of Nijinsky’s Triple Crown title. The brilliant young runner was picked as the 2-5 favourite for the third and last race of the series of three, Ladbrokes
St Leger Stakes, as he had won Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes and Investec Derby marvellously.
The colt ran very well but Encke surpassed him by the narrow of margin of ¾ length at the eleventh hour. It was a mega upset, triggered by the Godolphin colt.
The news of Camelot’s failure spurred a wave of wonder all across the horseracing world. Everyone seemed to be surprised about that.
Just after one week, Captain Ramius emphatically outplayed Regal Parade and the favourite, Maarek, to lift the ace title of William Hill Ayr Gold Cup. That was stunning indeed. The impact of the upset is still pinching the minds of the punters.
It is hard to determine whether the defeats of Homecoming Queen, Camelot and Maarek was a luck factor or the result of some mistakes. Whatever it was, the history has been written once.
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