Coney Island’s apparent winning burst from three out to the winning line at Ascot in late December was impressive to the eye and resulted in him shortening to around 10/1 third favourite for the Gold Cup. The sectional time comparisons with the three mile handicap chase on the same card told a different story. Adrien Du Pont was approximately six seconds quicker than Gold Present from his first fence (Gold Present's fourth fence) to the third last fence. From this point to the winning line Gold Present made up around eight seconds on Adrian Du Pont to finish about … Continued
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