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NOT-SO SUPER SATURDAY

Mark Coton bemoans the shunting of the July Cup into an absurdly late slot on a busy day of racing

Mark Coton
15 JULY
THERE are many epithets somewhat less upbeat than ‘Super’ which can be applied to today’s indigestible racing offer.
It’s the sort of day on which you discover a dark one you’ve been waiting for across a period of months has just gone in unbacked at 14-1 at the meeting you never got around to looking at.
And here’s the July Cup, highlight of the once-iconic midweek summer Newmarket meeting, slated to start at half past four on a Saturday, ...

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