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Yes, as I said pretty much in the wake of the race on Saturday, I think COT is  lot better than we saw on the day. Probably further back early than ideal, perhaps due to the draw, to an extent shuffled back a few lengths approaching the turn and five lengths off AF straightening for home then, whoooosh. One thing I didn't see at the time or on the replay (so I need to watch it again) was the change of lead in the last half furlong which Moore said made the horse find another gear, hence he couldn't pull him up. Moore's quote reminded me of the line in the Seabiscuit film when Red tells Wolf to get the horse to change his lead and he'll give him a whole new gear.

COT on the day probably didn't need to be any better than he was as a 2yo but I do think he's got another 10lbs on that performance when he needs it.