Draw proves meaningless as Styles takes Gold

JIMMY Styles and Frankie Dettori proved all the bluster surrounding the draw for big-sprint handicaps is meaningless when winning the William Hill (Ayr) Gold Cup.

Draw proves meaningless as Styles takes Gold
Mon, 21 Sep, 2009 - 01:00

In the live televised draw on Thursday, trainer Clive Cox was cut off when trying to tell his representative which stall to choose.

As a result, Cox missed his allotted time slot and and was given the last stall, number 15.

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