Royal Ascot-bound stayer will sport them in parade ring and down to start next week owing to eye condition
Trawlerman, last year’s winner of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, will wear an equine version of “ski goggles” in the paddock and on the way to post before defending the stayers’ crown next Thursday, John Gosden, the gelding’s trainer, revealed on Friday.
Speaking on the Nick Luck Daily podcast, Gosden said that the unusual step is necessary because Trawlerman “has a weird problem with his eyes in that he becomes very sensitive to light”.
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