Marsha set to stay in training following Abbaye heroics

Marsha is done for 2016 but the Elite Racing Club could have more big days to look forward to in 2017Credit: Alan Crowhurst

Racing's sometimes agonising unpredictability was brought into sharp focus with the result of the Prix de l'Abbaye at Chantilly on Sunday.

Top sprints have become notorious for bewildering swings in form, but Sunday's Group 1 produced an amazing turnaround inside three weeks over the same course and distance.

Ron Harris had travelled with high hopes of Just Glamorous repeating his September victory, when he easily beat Marsha by three lengths, but while Marsha ran out the winner, Just Glamorous trailed home second-last of the 17 runners.

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Mark ScullyRacing Post Reporter

Published on 3 October 2016inNews

Last updated 17:33, 3 October 2016

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