Well, it's not only on the soccer field where the great Aussie dreams are dying...Nicconi and Gold Trail did a 'Socceroos' style meltdown at Royal Ascot overnight. Their flops in the King's Stand Stakes were a blow to our racing image. Gold Trail was hopeless. He went only about 400m before throwing in the towel. Nicconi got back and tried to finish off strongly but the Pommie birds were well and truly flown. At least he managed to run 4th. It'll probably be his last race. Gold Trail's jockey Mi
Well, it's not only on the soccer field where the great Aussie dreams are dying...Nicconi and Gold Trail did a 'Socceroos' style meltdown at Royal Ascot overnight. Their flops in the King's Stand Stakes were a blow to our racing image. Gold Trail was hopeless. He went only about 400m before throwing in the towel. Nicconi got back and tried to finish off strongly but the Pommie birds were well and truly flown. At least he managed to run 4th. It'll probably be his last race. Gold Trail's jockey Michael Rodd knew the horse was in trouble when he struggled to take the lead early in the race. He says: 'I don't want to make excuses, but it was his first time up the straight and maybe if we raced on the far side where he could find the rail like he was racing in Sydney, he might have run a better race.'