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NC was a lot closer to Denman than Kauto was when the screw was turned so his jockey wouldn't have felt the need to push as much as Ruby did.

It's Kauto Star's Gold Cup wins in 2007 and 2009 in renewals that were run at relatively moderate gallops as well as his falls in a QM and in the 2010 GC, a briskly run one, that point to it being Denman that was responsible for his failure in 2008.
As great a horse as he has been Kauto has failed on three occasions when asked to race at Cheltenham at a brisk pace. And that's letting him off 2011's third place because he wasn't himself that season.

[QUOTE="Euronymous, post: 2368449, member: 65157"] NC was a lot closer to Denman than Kauto was when the screw was turned so his jockey wouldn't have felt the need to push as much as Ruby did. It's Kauto Star's Gold Cup wins in 2007 and 2009 in renewals that were run at relatively moderate gallops as well as his falls in a QM and in the 2010 GC, a briskly run one, that point to it being Denman that was responsible for his failure in 2008. As great a horse as he has been Kauto has failed on three occasions when asked to race at Cheltenham at a brisk pace. And that's letting him off 2011's third place because he wasn't himself that season. [/QUOTE]

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