'There were plenty of pundits who filed him under the plodder category'

3.45 Curragh
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So, then, it is D-day for High Definition; the day it becomes crystal clear how much ability the Galileo colt actually has. Up until now we have been viewing in a much lower resolution and wondering what he might look like when the picture becomes clearer. Well, today it will.

We have all heard about the big rush to get him to the Dante. His bloods were not right in the lead-up to the Lingfield Derby Trial so he bypassed that and instead set sail for York five days later.