One Stripe feels sting of 'Six' lashes as stablemate wins

Good-mannered, old-fashioned gentleman that he is, Vaughan Marshall didn't show emotion other than happiness in the aftermath of the R5-million HSH Princess Charlene Big Cap at Kenilworth on Sunday.

- Mike Moon

However, the veteran trainer would have experienced a swirl of conflicted feelings: he'd just won the race with 25/1 shot All Out For Six, but his 1/3 hot-pot One Stripe had finished down the drain after running into rough seas in the final stretch - interference arguably whipped up by the winner.

One set of owners was celebrating and Marshall had to share the elation. The other lot was fuming. Who said being a racehorse trainer was a breeze? The result of the big-money sales race confirmed the adage that the only certainty in racing is the uncertainty