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If they experienced pain or discomfort from running on it once then they will not let themselves down on it again. Not rocket science.

While i couldn't state categorically that Turnkey falls into this bracket, his racing record and the way he has been campaigned strongly suggests that he doesn't want fast ground. You can't argue with it, well you actually seem to be able to, but then again you have need to bend the truth in order to do so.

Just to spell it out for you, Turnkey has run ONCE on good/firm ground. It was as a 2 year old at Ascot where he ran a very good 4th.

For every run after that race he has raced on ground that was Good (once) and slower than good every other time. Those are the facts.

So assuming the Wokingham is run on good/firm (as seems likely) then your selection has 1 piece of form,2 years ago, out of over a dozen races which you can argue your case with....

Obviously its all about opinions but you do seem rather keen to air yours pretty frequently, it would be nice if you actually had some proper facts to back them up rather than your slightly skewed way of thinking. if the 4 yr olds can improve - he cant 6 yr olds need to be higher in ratings - this is backed up by the newmarket race /ice planet - i think this race is over rated there are some good horses in but there are some really bad ones - not many have done much - just cos big field at new tend to think its auto good - this was weak

If Borderlescott was trained by Nicholls it'd be half the price. This is an uncomplicated horse: goes on any ground, can make running or come from behind, and has the disconcerting habit of winning races. Trainer has one horse and one target this year: Borderlescott for the Wokingham. Given any sort of draw, he must go VERY CLOSE.