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The biography states that he brought up a large lump of mucus shortly after the race. He may not have been 'ill' but he probably wasn't 100% at the top of his game.

In the past 20 or so years, mainly thanks to research by people like James Willoughby, we have come to appreciate phenomena like track biases, pace biases, etc. I think Roberto may have been favoured by the front-running bias that prevailed at York (which maybe no longer exists since they re-did the drainage). It wasn't that long ago we were discussing how hard it was for hold-up horses to peg back front runners at the track.

Roberto was brilliant on the day, the Brigadier probably a fraction shy of his peak and the ride by Baeza brought it all together in spectacular style.

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2399753, member: 65242"] The biography states that he brought up a large lump of mucus shortly after the race. He may not have been 'ill' but he probably wasn't 100% at the top of his game. In the past 20 or so years, mainly thanks to research by people like James Willoughby, we have come to appreciate phenomena like track biases, pace biases, etc. I think Roberto may have been favoured by the front-running bias that prevailed at York (which maybe no longer exists since they re-did the drainage). It wasn't that long ago we were discussing how hard it was for hold-up horses to peg back front runners at the track. Roberto was brilliant on the day, the Brigadier probably a fraction shy of his peak and the ride by Baeza brought it all together in spectacular style. [/QUOTE]

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