Trainer Paul Cole said: 'He didn't like the
gluey ground.'
At the 6th International Symposium on Aphids in Rennes, France, last year, the research team described Asian aphids that repair rips in their galls with a
gluey substance that comes out of their bodies.
Of course, Kafka knew this, and labors to make us feel the
gluey agony of Gregor Samsa's transformation from man into beetle.
WHY DO POTATOES COOKED IN A MICROWAVE OVEN TURN
GLUEY WHEN MASHED?
James Doyle yesterday reported the ground to be "dead" and Dane O'Neill used the word "
gluey", but Jamie Spencer predicted racing this afternoon could take place on ground not far off good if the weather is helpful.
gluey lips, making of his body a flower-dappled tree while above him the
Martin Cade, of the Portland Bird Observatory, said: "This is a horrible,
gluey substance they are just plastered in.
Once he was level with the leader, though, with a furlong to go, he disdainfully stretched his legs and, although clearly disliking the
gluey, tiring ground, won comfortably.
I'll have someone walk the track tomorrow and if it's going to be
gluey, Noir Et Vert wouldn't run.
Muddy it might have been, with four raiders from the mighty Aidan O'Brien team disappearing into the
gluey turf, but winning trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam expects to win even bigger races with his surprise packet.
Owned by Khalid Abdullah, the John Gosden-trained colt handled the
gluey conditions best in the Group Three contest and always had his rivals covered under Richard Hughes.
That leads to silica-rich magma that's
gluey. The stickiness traps gases in the rising magma.
I think he's fit enough to do himself justice, so long as it's not too
gluey."
If the ground is loose he'll run, but if it's
gluey he won't.
"Pat (Eddery) said that bottom bend was very
gluey, very sticky.