The Big Story01 August 2025
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The sprint division has been full of surprises - but will Friday's big race provide another bolt from the blue?
Chris Cook dissects the King George Qatar Stakes and the claims of a Royal Ascot winner
Racing punters aren't like football fans. We don't have collective ways of expressing ourselves, by, for example, turning frustration into a chant that would spread quickly across a grandstand.
But if we did, there might sometimes be a salty response to yet another upset result in a major sprint race, along the lines of:
"You win in your turn,
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