The original script surrounding Samcro didn’t include lining up at Down Royal on St Patrick’s Day but it’s where the horse once billed as Irish racing’s “next big thing” runs on Thursday.
Horses with a pair of Cheltenham Festival victories on their CV normally don’t get filed under disappointing but that’s Samcro’s sad lot.
It’s in the context of a ridiculous level of hype that accompanied his novice career which even had a desperate Michael O’Leary at one point reminding everyone the horse wasn’t Jesus Christ.
Practically no horse could live up to such expectation and since those halcyon days of winning the Ballymore at Cheltenham in 2018 his reputation has been on the slide.
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- March 17, 2022
