“I apologise to everyone who backed the horse, the owners and the trainer, Evan Williams. According to the stewards’ report, all three therefore appeared, technically, to have taken the wrong course but the stewards decided to ignore that, owing to “exceptional circumstances”. Meanwhile, Bellamy was stood down here, where he was due to take three rides, one of which was eventually third. It shouldn’t have happened but he’s just unlucky.”Twiston-Davies suggested that being stood down for the day ought to be punishment enough. He plans to give the horse a final prep-run, possibly in the Reynoldstown at Ascot next month.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2018 18:19 UTC