The Big Story26 July 2025
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A score to settle as Calandagan and Jan Brueghel give us another King George showdown to savour
David Carr looks forward to hopefully another memorable encounter on Saturday as Calandagan and Jan Brueghel meet again
The summer of 1975 was the warmest in Britain since 1947 and was lit up by a fittingly red-hot King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
We’ve had another heatwave 50 years on and the anniversary could also be celebrated appropriately with a sizzling showdown at Ascot.
Grundy versus Bustino is the stuff of legend, a tale that has become more fantastical in every telling since their clash in a contest so epic it rendered all subsequent votes for 'race of the century' a waste of time.
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