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On another forum that I post on I suggested that Long Run had reached his peak before the King George. He, like Master Minded, has been very precocious indeed, showing fantastic form at 5 and 6.

Kauto Star is the glaring exception to the rule that French breds peak early and then regress. However, that does not necessarily disprove the rule.

I remember both Henderson and Robert Waley-Cohen remarking on how much he had grown over the summer. It might just be that him growing has made him slower/less nimbler/etc. It doesn't mean that he has to have improved.

I am not saying he can't, but I do think it is dangerous to assume that he will automatically improve because of his age. It wouldn't surprise me at all if we had already seen the best of him.

[QUOTE="Zenyatta, post: 2368485, member: 65948"] On another forum that I post on I suggested that Long Run had reached his peak before the King George. He, like Master Minded, has been very precocious indeed, showing fantastic form at 5 and 6. Kauto Star is the glaring exception to the rule that French breds peak early and then regress. However, that does not necessarily disprove the rule. I remember both Henderson and Robert Waley-Cohen remarking on how much he had grown over the summer. It might just be that him growing has made him slower/less nimbler/etc. It doesn't mean that he has to have improved. I am not saying he can't, but I do think it is dangerous to assume that he will automatically improve because of his age. It wouldn't surprise me at all if we had already seen the best of him. [/QUOTE]

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