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With no further news from Closutton, it would seem that Willie's early opinion that GDC wasn't letting himself down properly on the good ground is the main factor. This would also affect his normally efficient jumping. He came up against a good horse who was able to act on the ground and if you watch how uncomfortable horse and jockey were on the first circuit, it's a credit to his class and tenacity that he was in a position to challenge at the last.

New ORs are 175 for both horses and GDC's RPR for last week was 8lb lower than his victory last year which suggests that it would have been much closer on soft ground this year.

[QUOTE="archie, post: 2696569, member: 64935"] With no further news from Closutton, it would seem that Willie's early opinion that GDC wasn't letting himself down properly on the good ground is the main factor. This would also affect his normally efficient jumping. He came up against a good horse who was able to act on the ground and if you watch how uncomfortable horse and jockey were on the first circuit, it's a credit to his class and tenacity that he was in a position to challenge at the last. New ORs are 175 for both horses and GDC's RPR for last week was 8lb lower than his victory last year which suggests that it would have been much closer on soft ground this year. [/QUOTE]

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