Two contrasting York races that demonstrated why racing is so unique and intriguing
There could hardly have been a starker contrast between races four and five on day one of the Ebor meeting.
To refresh your memory, the Juddmonte International was won by City Of Troy, by a Triple Crown hero out of a Group 1 winner and bred by Coolmore affiliates Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt. And, of course, he is trained by Aidan O'Brien.
The following race, the Sky Bet Stayers' Handicap, was won by Extensio, who went unsold at the 2018 Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale and is by a sire whose progeny have failed to win a Group race and whose dam was unraced. Extensio is trained by Pat O'Donnell, who once went nine years without a winner and now has six horses in training.
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