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Article: Chess ; EXTRA
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2007
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With the old round course and new straight track still reticent
about consummating their marriage, the official going reports at
Ascot this year could be collected in a handsome set of 12 morocco-
bound volumes. Even for a stable with resources as deep as
Ballydoyle, therefore, it is difficult to have absolutely every
angle covered in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes this
afternoon.
Aidan O'Brien has instead made do with a weather house, Scorpion
carrying the umbrella and Dylan Thomas the parasol. Ideally, they
would operate in relay, Scorpion negotiating the softer ground on
the round course and Dylan Thomas taking over the baton on better
going in the straight. For the good ...