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I think it depends how you define "great" and I'm not about to tell anyone their definition is "wrong."

Instances of me agreeing with Alice Plunkett are about as rare as sightings of Halley's Comet (or Walsworth campaigning for the Tories at an Election) but I totally agreed with her acid retort when she was criticised on TV for saying Cue Card and Winx were her all-time greatest Jumps and Flat horses.

She said: "You might think it's all down to form ratings, fine, that's your criteria, it's not mine. I care about durability, soundness and consistency - that's what makes a horse 'great' for me."

I'm a numbers man myself, and I have to see an exceptional number on my own ratings recorded at least twice.

Dawn Run never met my criteria for being defined as a "great," but that doesn't mean she can't meet other people's.

She certainly had all the qualities Luke listed.

<blockquote data-quote="Ian_Davies" data-source="post: 2698320" data-attributes="member: 66646">I think it depends how you define &quot;great&quot; and I&#039;m not about to tell anyone their definition is &quot;wrong.&quot;Instances of me agreeing with Alice Plunkett are about as rare as sightings of Halley&#039;s Comet (or Walsworth campaigning for the Tories at an Election) but I totally agreed with her acid retort when she was criticised on TV for saying Cue Card and Winx were her all-time greatest Jumps and Flat horses.She said: &quot;You might think it&#039;s all down to form ratings, fine, that&#039;s your criteria, it&#039;s not mine. I care about durability, soundness and consistency - that&#039;s what makes a horse &#039;great&#039; for me.&quot;I&#039;m a numbers man myself, and I have to see an exceptional number on my own ratings recorded at least twice.Dawn Run never met my criteria for being defined as a &quot;great,&quot; but that doesn&#039;t mean she can&#039;t meet other people&#039;s.She certainly had all the qualities Luke listed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian_Davies, post: 2698320, member: 66646"] I think it depends how you define "great" and I'm not about to tell anyone their definition is "wrong." Instances of me agreeing with Alice Plunkett are about as rare as sightings of Halley's Comet (or Walsworth campaigning for the Tories at an Election) but I totally agreed with her acid retort when she was criticised on TV for saying Cue Card and Winx were her all-time greatest Jumps and Flat horses. She said: "You might think it's all down to form ratings, fine, that's your criteria, it's not mine. I care about durability, soundness and consistency - that's what makes a horse 'great' for me." I'm a numbers man myself, and I have to see an exceptional number on my own ratings recorded at least twice. Dawn Run never met my criteria for being defined as a "great," but that doesn't mean she can't meet other people's. She certainly had all the qualities Luke listed. [/QUOTE]

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