Ruby Walsh: A fine card awaits but Champions Day is poorly named
Palace Pier won the St James's Palace Stakes and looks hard to oppose in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot today. Picture: Healy Racing
The end is near. Not the world — or maybe it is if you listen closely enough to some experts — but the 2020 Flat season, as the last major fixture in Europe takes place tomorrow afternoon.
It is poorly named if I am being honest. It is a great card with four Group 1 races, a Group 2 and a competitive handicap but Champions Day seems to overstate what it actually is.
