Raceday Intel18 October 2025
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Was Goodwood the beginning of the end for Field Of Gold or can he produce another career-defining performance?
Andrew Dietz and Graeme Rodway chart Field Of Gold's rollercoaster season
Of all the superstars on show at Ascot, none has gripped the racing public quite like Field Of Gold.
After a season of spectacular highs and crushing lows, Juddmonte's mercurial three-year-old faces a defining moment in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. This is D-day on C Day.
Field Of Gold will never have the unblemished record of Frankel, but he has earned comparisons with the legend and was even widely lauded as the best horse since the special one after his scintillating performance at Royal Ascot.
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