UK trainer Mark Johnston (remember Double Trigger?) has made a snide attack on Scenic Blast in the wake of the Aussie sprinter's demolition of the King's Stand at Royal Ascot. Johnston, who rarely has a kind word for Australians (or anyone, come to that) says: 'I think you all know that I'm not one of the 'smoking syringe' theorists and that I, generally, believe that British racing is not only the 'cleanest' racing in the world but it is, in my opinion, one of the cleanest sports. However, I st
UK trainer Mark Johnston (remember Double Trigger?) has made a snide attack on Scenic Blast in the wake of the Aussie sprinter's demolition of the King's Stand at Royal Ascot. Johnston, who rarely has a kind word for Australians (or anyone, come to that) says: 'I think you all know that I'm not one of the 'smoking syringe' theorists and that I, generally, believe that British racing is not only the 'cleanest' racing in the world but it is, in my opinion, one of the cleanest sports. However, I still can't help but wonder how it is possible to get a son of a moderate National Hunt sire, which in turn is a son of Saddler's Wells, to look like a cross between Alan Wells and a Quarter Horse and to win a Group 1 race over five furlongs. I suppose we can only conclude that they must be much better trainers.'