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I accept that the Eclipse was a good renewal but the winner won with a fair bit up his sleeve (and I've already said how deserving STS is to have broken 130, which is rare at this stage). But to accord the runner-up with 136 seems completely inappropriate to me, not just because I think there are probably a good handful of 3-y-os better than him this season and that he hasn't actually won very much, but because he just doesn't look that good to me (and this is from someone who expected him to be runner-up). To place him as the top-rated (or joint top-rated) Ballydoyle horse ever seems wrong.

[QUOTE="SteveM, post: 2206367, member: 64943"] I accept that the Eclipse was a good renewal but the winner won with a fair bit up his sleeve (and I've already said how deserving STS is to have broken 130, which is rare at this stage). But to accord the runner-up with 136 seems completely inappropriate to me, not just because I think there are probably a good handful of 3-y-os better than him this season and that he hasn't actually won very much, but because he just doesn't look that good to me (and this is from someone who expected him to be runner-up). To place him as the top-rated (or joint top-rated) Ballydoyle horse ever seems wrong. [/QUOTE]

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