Lutine Bell 4th Goodwood - unlucky

Lutine Bell was very unlucky on Saturday as he lost about 3 lengths at
the start. Martyn Dwyer, the jockey, said the starter hesitated for a
split second before opening the stalls which resulted in Martyn taking
the hood off the horse a fraction early. The horse hit the gate and
bounced back onto his hocks just as the gate opened. The rest of the
field were away and he was behind. However, they didn't go a great
pace and he got back into the race. With half a furlong to go he got
into top gear and was mowing the rest of the field down and failed by
about 1.5 lengths to get his head in front. We were both thrilled with
his run but disappointed as with a clear run he would have won. We
have to be philosophical as with sprints you can run them 6 times and
get 6 different winners.
The photograph shows Lutine with his lass Heidi. As you can see he
looks an absolute picture.