ONCE again, there was an unsatisfactory conclusion to a high-profile race, the Group 1 Prix de Royallieu last Saturday.

Anapurna might have been the best filly in the race anyway, but she interfered with Delphinia and, indirectly, with Enbihaar and, under the old French rules, she would almost certainly have been disqualified.

It wasn’t an aesthetically pleasing finish but, sadly, as long as the rules favour the perpetrator and not the victim, they – maybe inadvertently or indirectly or unintentionally – encourage riders to ride like this.

Curtis on Kynren

Ben Curtis’ record on Kynren:

1113201 (4/7)

57%

strike rate

Everyone else’s record on Kynren:

3326522532 (0/10)

0%

strike rate