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Record could be left shared as Stand Guard could stand down
John Butler: chance of success on MondayCredit: Edward Whitaker
Stand Guard will have to wait to make history – and that wait could just be permanent.
Having equalled La Estrella's total of 27 all-weather victories at Kempton last week, he went off 5-2 favourite to claim the record outright by defying a 6lb penalty in division two of the 1m3f handicap.
But he could manage no more than a laboured fourth place, beaten just over six lengths behind winner Moojaned under Liam Keniry.
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