Spain's Olympic team, in particular, were often shorn of it. 41 shots and no goals, many from close range, underlines both their own profligacy but also just how sensational the Senior team have been in their last three competitions. Brazil continue to flow through London 2012, meanwhile.
Out Now is a great example of a horse having everything in its profile without running a race. Backed from 16/1 into 4/1, he completely missed out the first fence and from there on was never in a rhythm and never in the race. He did manage to stay prominent for a while, but had nothing more to give a fair way out fading to 11th: such runs are often symptomatic of an underlying physical problem and nothing hinted at that before the race. The winner and second were up top the whole way, jumping with, yes, a lovely rhythm as the second attempted to make all but was tracked the whole way and passed by Bob Lingo, who I wouldn't have put forward as the likeliest winner at any stage until the race was off and they were past halfway. The winner was a big price, like Out Now, and this race is another fine example of one that had nothing to do with price and everything to do with analysis, with congratulations on that front to those that found him.
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