Bleeding money: why Economics and others like him are a dilemma for punters and breeders
Peter Scargill says it a case of caveat emptor for anyone placing their faith in William Haggas's star
Sightings of Economics are becoming so rare that when you do get to see this magnificent animal it tends to stick in the mind.
One such moment came not long before his planned reappearance in last week’s Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot, when crossing the road in front of me I saw a bright, bold, beautiful chestnut with a wide white blaze on his face and three white stockings. It was unmistakably the colt who, ever since winning last year’s Dante Stakes in breathtaking fashion, has been regarded as one of the most exciting horses in training.
With Economics ultimately missing the royal meeting with a muscular injury, his last appearance came at Ascot last October – my previous sight of him as he dutifully stood on the track following the Champion Stakes while Maureen Haggas, his trainer’s wife, wiped his nostrils clean of the blood that had stained his handsome muzzle pink.
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