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Caldwell Potter was certainly no bargain - but he's nowhere near as bad as those who find fun in failure are making out
A whopping €740,000 price tag means Paul Nicholls' grey will always be scrutinised more than others
Quite a witty tweet popped up on X a few days ago – a cheeky poll on Sir Alex Ferguson's worst signing. The choices were the disastrous Eric Djemba-Djemba, some guy called Bebe, the trouser-wearing calamity keeper Massimo Taibi or Caldwell Potter?
It was a clever and harmless jibe at those connected to the grey gelding after he was beaten again, this time by Gidleigh Park in the Grade 2 Lightning Novices' Chase at Windsor on Friday.
For those of you unfamiliar with the artist formerly trained by Gordon Elliott, here's a quick recap.
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