Bolger offers Banimpre excuses

Jim Bolger believes Banimpire had a couple of viable excuses when she finished only fifth behind Blue Bunting in the Yorkshire Oaks last week.

Jim Bolger believes Banimpire had a couple of viable excuses when she finished only fifth behind Blue Bunting in the Yorkshire Oaks last week.

She was having her 10th start of the season on the Knavesmire, having won six of those including the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Having been beaten only a short head by Blue Bunting in the Irish Oaks, she put up an uncharacteristically listless display at York, but Bolger retains his faith.

“She’s fine. She’ll have a couple of easy days and then we’ll have to start back at it again or else she’ll start piling on the weight,” he told At The Races.

“We want to keep her going until the end of the season and see what we are going to do next year.

“I think there were a couple of things against her. The ground was very tacky and she didn’t handle it and also she was due in season.

“It’s possible that might have been against her and Kevin (Manning) said she was very quiet in herself.”

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