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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
I suppose you can guess that I am a Denman fan, too. Do you know if he is named for Trevor Denman, the racecaller in the US? The sire's name, Presenting, makes this a possibility.
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I very much doubt it but I cannot say for sure.
He just seems to have everything you want in an exceptional racehorse. I was never convinced Kauto Star was invincible and I didn't even think his Gold Cup win last year was that good at all. However, one thing Kauto did prove to me, which I didn't think he would was that he did stay the Gold Cup trip.
People are saying he ran a long way below his usual, but I'm struggling to see that. Granted, he may have run two or three pounds below his best but I cannot see how it was any worse than that. He and Exotic Dancer have had many races against eachother and have often finished pretty close to one another. Exotic Dancer was beaten out of sight on Friday.
He didn't jump with his usual fluency, but I would say that was because he simply couldn't jump well AND try and keep up with that tank that is Denman.
Better ground probably would have seen Kauto finish closer to Denman, but would better ground make more than a seven length difference? We cannot say for sure, but I doubt it.