Veteran set to prove age is no barrier to success

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

Swiss Cross
1.30 Wolverhampton
1pt winFast Boy
2.55 Lingfield
1pt win

I've never understood the clamour from some people for veteran horses to be retired.

This normally happens when a former top chaser proves not as good as he once was, and I remember only too well the calls for connections to draw stumps with Kauto Star after he pulled up at Punchestown in May 2011.

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Published on 31 January 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 16:52, 31 January 2019

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