The Anonymous Widower

Murtagh Nicks The Oaks

I have just seen one of the great pieces of riding by Johnny Murtagh to win The Oaks on Dancing Rain.

It reminded me of Steve Cauthen in his pomp, who won so many great races in a similar fashion, by dictating the pace from the front.  He even did it for C and myself on our horse Golden Panda at Nottingham in very much an inferior race.

The irony of Dancing Rain’s victory is that a couple of month’s ago, the filly broke her trainer’s wife Maureen Haggas’s leg in a freak accident.  Maureen was at Epsom hobbling around on crutches.

June 3, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Horse Racing