Alas, I didn't back the eleven-year old Persian Punch today, though he had obliged for me on more than one occasion in the past, his 20 wins from 63 starts. He died at Ascot today, pulled up 100 yards form the winning post, it seems of a ruptured aorta. There's a lot of sentiment about the death of racehorses about which I and others are justly sceptical, but I hope he died happy.
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