Spiritual possesses the talent to back up her racing style under Robert Havlin. Photo: Getty Images
This betting game has a habit of making you look clever and foolish at the same time; you can be right about the race and wrong about the winner.
That was the story with last week’s column, where I suggested Quinault (25/1), which I’d backed each-way, would dictate the pace in the City Of York Stakes and sure enough, Stuart Williams’ charge went straight to the front early on.