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ardross

quite simply best mate won because he was superior to a weak division a good jumper yes and one that relished good ground and cheltenham but he beat nothing.

the only thing i can agree with you on is that long run badly needs to improve his jumping he never looks like falling but he never looks like a natural jumper either.

the form denman and kato star showed in last years gold cup was good enough to dispose of horses at the level of commanche court,truckers tavern (and the level of most of the horse bm faced) as they showed time and time again and there is nothing to suggest that if in place of long run was best mate he would have been able to prevent another victory for denmen

quite plainly denman kato star and long run are very much on a different level to best mate as admirable as he was

<blockquote data-quote="prince regent" data-source="post: 2368480" data-attributes="member: 64924">ardross&nbsp;quite simply best mate won because he was superior to a weak division a good jumper yes and one that relished good ground and cheltenham but he beat nothing.&nbsp;the only thing i can agree with you on is that long run badly needs to improve his jumping he never looks like falling but he never looks like a natural jumper either.&nbsp;the form denman and kato star&nbsp; showed in last years gold cup was good enough to dispose of horses at the level of commanche court,truckers tavern (and the level of most of the horse bm faced)&nbsp; as they showed time and time again and there is nothing to suggest that if in place of long run was best mate&nbsp; he would have been able to prevent another victory for denmen&nbsp;quite plainly denman kato star and long run are&nbsp; very much on a different level to best mate as admirable as he was</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prince regent, post: 2368480, member: 64924"] ardross quite simply best mate won because he was superior to a weak division a good jumper yes and one that relished good ground and cheltenham but he beat nothing. the only thing i can agree with you on is that long run badly needs to improve his jumping he never looks like falling but he never looks like a natural jumper either. the form denman and kato star showed in last years gold cup was good enough to dispose of horses at the level of commanche court,truckers tavern (and the level of most of the horse bm faced) as they showed time and time again and there is nothing to suggest that if in place of long run was best mate he would have been able to prevent another victory for denmen quite plainly denman kato star and long run are very much on a different level to best mate as admirable as he was [/QUOTE]

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