21st October 2007, 03:58 PM
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TV gear may have caused the laceration, but with Maldivian going off like that, I wouldn't have wanted to be on him anyway.
Poor eskimo Queen was damn lucky that she didn't snap her off hind leg. It was still caught in the side rails, and if she'd gone off while on the ground, it would have snapped for sure. The attendants did a marvellous job to keep a frightened horse quiet while they released her.
If that was one of the fastest Caulfieid Cups, it certainly franks Master O'Reilly's win as a quality win.
By rights, something should have swamped him from the rear, but I have a feeling there just was a distinct lack of quality this year.
Good horses, not quality horses.
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