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That I’d like to see! :lol:

No need to be so down on Nashwan btw… STS has nothing to fear from him. You are quite wrong about Opening Verse who was extraordinarily good despite a big price on the day (RPR of 131). Willoughby makes the point that turning in the times were virtually identical in the two Eclipses (and this on significantly slower ground) – i.e. Opening Verse (who was running in his own right) matched the time of the pacemakers in this year’s renewal turning in – unlike this year when the pacemakers having done their job dropped tamely away Opening Verse sustained his effort to hold the late charge of his stablemate Indian Skimmer (previous Champion). Nashwan’s sections show an incredible burst of speed to catch and pass a subsequent convincing BC Mile winner.

However, this is missing the point… I’m not looking to knock STS and can’t really understand why you are so keen to knock Nashwan. I just find the two races, that were like chalk and cheese but in their own way high class, fascinating to watch. There is more than one way of skinning a cat for the great horses and these two show such different ways. Willoughby actually bears out a lot of what you say yourself.

<blockquote data-quote="SteveM" data-source="post: 2206384" data-attributes="member: 64943">That I’d like to see! :lol:&nbsp;No need to be so down on Nashwan btw… STS has nothing to fear from him. You are quite wrong about Opening Verse who was extraordinarily good despite a big price on the day (RPR of 131). Willoughby makes the point that turning in the times were virtually identical in the two Eclipses (and this on significantly slower ground) – i.e. Opening Verse (who was running in his own right) matched the time of the pacemakers in this year’s renewal turning in – unlike this year when the pacemakers having done their job dropped tamely away Opening Verse sustained his effort to hold the late charge of his stablemate Indian Skimmer (previous Champion). Nashwan’s sections show an incredible burst of speed to catch and pass a subsequent convincing BC Mile winner.&nbsp;However, this is missing the point… I’m not looking to knock STS and can’t really understand why you are so keen to knock Nashwan. I just find the two races, that were like chalk and cheese but in their own way high class, fascinating to watch. There is more than one way of skinning a cat for the great horses and these two show such different ways. Willoughby actually bears out a lot of what you say yourself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveM, post: 2206384, member: 64943"] [FONT=Arial]That I’d like to see! :lol:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]No need to be so down on Nashwan btw… STS has nothing to fear from him. You are quite wrong about Opening Verse who was extraordinarily good despite a big price on the day (RPR of 131). Willoughby makes the point that turning in the times were virtually identical in the two Eclipses (and this on significantly slower ground) – i.e. Opening Verse (who was running in his own right) matched the time of the pacemakers in this year’s renewal turning in – unlike this year when the pacemakers having done their job dropped tamely away Opening Verse sustained his effort to hold the late charge of his stablemate Indian Skimmer (previous Champion). Nashwan’s sections show an incredible burst of speed to catch and pass a subsequent convincing BC Mile winner.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]However, this is missing the point… I’m not looking to knock STS and can’t really understand why you are so keen to knock Nashwan. I just find the two races, that were like chalk and cheese but in their own way high class, fascinating to watch. There is more than one way of skinning a cat for the great horses and these two show such different ways. Willoughby actually bears out a lot of what you say yourself.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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