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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Discreet Cat beat Invasor into a pulp when they first met in Dubai - and DC was a 3yo and Invasor a 4yo.

The 2nd time they met was in the Dubai World Cup ... Discreet Cat reportedly had all kinds of health problems and was last the whole way.. getting beat like 30 lengths and finishing well behind a Sauadi horse.

I think Da Tara would have smacked around the version of DC we saw at age 4.

I think Invasor was spotting DC like 11lbs in the UAE Derby.

9 pounds ... which equals just 3.24 lengths on the Thoro-Graph and Ragozin scales at that distance .. DC beat him by 7 lengths... so if you insist on factoring in the weight give DC credit for a 3.76 length victory.

Anyone remember Invasor's next start - about 6 or 7 weeks after that race? He looked dead beat in the Pimlico Special .. but rebroke again late to win at like 7/1 odds.

DC was insanely good prior to his 2nd trip to Dubai. He sucked donkey farts after that.

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I first thought 9 but, was too lazy to look it up so I guessed 11.
I bet Invasor in the Pim Special. (REDBOARD Alert)
I threw down the tickets in disgust at the 16th pole.

I also bet against him in the Donn and had already started my walk to the window to cash, when he re-rallied against those crows.

Very nice horse, he would have donkey farted on all the older males this year.;)