Hermosa tests our patience

Watching Aidan O’Brien’s Hermosa land last Sunday’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket was a bitter pill to swallow.

Hermosa tests our patience
Sat, 11 May, 2019 - 01:00
Pat Keane

Watching Aidan O’Brien’s Hermosa land last Sunday’s 1000 Guineas at Newmarket was a bitter pill to swallow.

At Newmarket last October, I was pretty confident the daughter of Galileo would provide the answer to an eight-runner Group 1 over a mile.

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