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Aftertiming of a sort but something of this sort went through my head before the race yesterday.

I was looking at my printout of my figures and thinking about Best Mate who I thought was better than the highest actual rating I could give him of 181 and I kept saying it on here that he was being falsely lauded as the best since Arkle, even after he won the third. He only just beat a handicapper that day.

I reckon the chasers were maybe generally better around then. I had Desert Orchid regularly posting figures higher than Kauto Star ever did and I reckon Kauto was better than Best Mate.

Maybe that's an argument for another thread but the second top [on my figures] yesterday was Banbridge on 168 and he was a doubtful stayer. The next was 165 (Ahoy Senor) and the rest were even lower. That was why I reckoned GDC would hack up.

I was always frustrated that Best Mate got the adulation he did. He was a proper G1 horse and very game but never had proper opposition. It looks like maybe GDC is similar and it's maybe for the best that he didn't win.

If he was going to win the Gold Cup for a third time I wanted him to do it in style but I'm still convinced he was a stone below form yesterday for whatever reason.

<blockquote data-quote="Desert Orchid" data-source="post: 2696200" data-attributes="member: 65242">Aftertiming of a sort but something of this sort went through my head before the race yesterday.I was looking at my printout of my figures and thinking about Best Mate who I thought was better than the highest actual rating I could give him of 181 and I kept saying it on here that he was being falsely lauded as the best since Arkle, even after he won the third. He only just beat a handicapper that day. I reckon the chasers were maybe generally better around then. I had Desert Orchid regularly posting figures higher than Kauto Star ever did and I reckon Kauto was better than Best Mate.Maybe that&#039;s an argument for another thread but the second top [on my figures] yesterday was Banbridge on 168 and he was a doubtful stayer. The next was 165 (Ahoy Senor) and the rest were even lower.&nbsp; That was why I reckoned GDC would hack up.I was always frustrated that Best Mate got the adulation he did. He was a proper G1 horse and very game but never had proper opposition. It looks like maybe GDC is similar and it&#039;s maybe for the best that he didn&#039;t win.If he was going to win the Gold Cup for a third time I wanted him to do it in style but I&#039;m still convinced he was a stone below form yesterday for whatever reason.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2696200, member: 65242"] Aftertiming of a sort but something of this sort went through my head before the race yesterday. I was looking at my printout of my figures and thinking about Best Mate who I thought was better than the highest actual rating I could give him of 181 and I kept saying it on here that he was being falsely lauded as the best since Arkle, even after he won the third. He only just beat a handicapper that day. I reckon the chasers were maybe generally better around then. I had Desert Orchid regularly posting figures higher than Kauto Star ever did and I reckon Kauto was better than Best Mate. Maybe that's an argument for another thread but the second top [on my figures] yesterday was Banbridge on 168 and he was a doubtful stayer. The next was 165 (Ahoy Senor) and the rest were even lower. That was why I reckoned GDC would hack up. I was always frustrated that Best Mate got the adulation he did. He was a proper G1 horse and very game but never had proper opposition. It looks like maybe GDC is similar and it's maybe for the best that he didn't win. If he was going to win the Gold Cup for a third time I wanted him to do it in style but I'm still convinced he was a stone below form yesterday for whatever reason. [/QUOTE]

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