To say things did not go according to plan for jockey Callan Murray at last weekend’s Summer Cup meeting is an understatement. Instead of bringing home a couple of feature race winners, the 23-year-old spent much of the afternoon being interviewed by the stipendiary stewards.
Quite rightly, the stipendiary board said: “A word please, Mr Murray. How do you account for your mount’s poor run?” If Murray thought he would have better luck in the Summer Cup, it wasn’t to be. Charles had run a brilliant race in the Charity Mile but now ran as if his back legs were tied together! “The stewards determined that Charles had not secured the rightful running on the inside of Astrix and deemed this to be a racing incident.”
Mount Pleasant: Sent off 3-4 favourite and finished over 10 lengths behind the winner in the Dingaans. Ecstatic Green: The 43-20 favourite got closer to the winner in the Magnolia Handicap than many beaten fancied contenders, but still was found wanting at the business end and finished six lengths behind Winter Smoke.
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