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While that may be true, there have been numerous winners in that time whose Gold Cup winning rating fell well short of their ratings from elsewhere earlier in their season/career.

The Gold Cup is more about which horse goes and does the biz on the day than about absolute ability.

[QUOTE="Desert Orchid, post: 2122489, member: 65242"] While that may be true, there have been numerous winners in that time whose Gold Cup [i]winning [/i]rating fell well short of their ratings from elsewhere earlier in their season/career. The Gold Cup is more about which horse goes and does the biz on the day than about absolute ability. [/QUOTE]

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