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CC wasn't at his best because Frankel took him out of his comfort zone
IV also won the Marois.

I'd not heard of many of the horses BG had beat - Ballyhok, Faraway Son, Gold Rod and Pembroke Castle etc. But who knows if they were at their best the days they took on the Brigadier? And were they any good - could they not have been Excellent Art/Ramonti types (Group 2 beasts who were hella fortunate to come up in awful years)?
Maybe Frankel will meet Most Improved in the Sussex and give him a 10 length beating and thirty years down the line it'll be used as part of the evidence to suggest that the next great one can't be as good as Frankel.
Mill Reef and Sea Bird and Brigadier Gerard are like Gods to Racing fans of a certain vintage. So trying to persuade the people who worship them that evolution has provided us with a better model isn't going to go down smoothly with a lot of them.

<blockquote data-quote="Euronymous" data-source="post: 2398477" data-attributes="member: 65157">CC wasn&#039;t at his best because Frankel took him out of his comfort zoneIV also won the Marois.I&#039;d not heard of many of the horses BG had beat - Ballyhok, Faraway Son, Gold Rod and Pembroke Castle etc. But who knows if they were at their best the days they took on the Brigadier? And were they any good - could they not have been Excellent Art/Ramonti types (Group 2 beasts who were hella fortunate to come up in awful years)?Maybe Frankel will meet Most Improved in the Sussex and give him a 10 length beating and thirty years down the line it&#039;ll be used as part of the evidence to suggest that the next great one can&#039;t be as good as Frankel.Mill Reef and Sea Bird and Brigadier Gerard are like Gods to Racing fans of a certain vintage. So trying to persuade the people who worship them that evolution has provided us with a better model isn&#039;t going to go down smoothly with a lot of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Euronymous, post: 2398477, member: 65157"] CC wasn't at his best because Frankel took him out of his comfort zone IV also won the Marois. I'd not heard of many of the horses BG had beat - Ballyhok, Faraway Son, Gold Rod and Pembroke Castle etc. But who knows if they were at their best the days they took on the Brigadier? And were they any good - could they not have been Excellent Art/Ramonti types (Group 2 beasts who were hella fortunate to come up in awful years)? Maybe Frankel will meet Most Improved in the Sussex and give him a 10 length beating and thirty years down the line it'll be used as part of the evidence to suggest that the next great one can't be as good as Frankel. Mill Reef and Sea Bird and Brigadier Gerard are like Gods to Racing fans of a certain vintage. So trying to persuade the people who worship them that evolution has provided us with a better model isn't going to go down smoothly with a lot of them. [/QUOTE]

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