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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
But Dew's worked so hard for the honor.
Seriously though, I never said FD ran better on Monday. I said I thought he's as good as Commentator, maybe better. That may or may not prove to be true (depending on one's criteria). For the record, I don't think anybody in the Met ran all that well.
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Come on Joey. He's clearly reasonably talented, but has now bombed in two of his three biggest tests. Commentator has does some great things on the racetrack. Honestly, there is zero chance he is close to as good as Commentator.
The unfortunate thing is that First Defence might have had a shot to beat Benny the Bull in the True North. An outside shot but maybe catching that one in his first start since Dubai would have evened things up a little. I understand why Frankel took a shot in the Met Mile, as it would have meant ten times as much, but ultimately if First Defence is going to do anything it will probably be at 6F or MAYBE 7F.
The simple fact is he's been a major disappointment and if he wasn't a Jeddmonte/Frankel horse, based on his overall pps, nobody would really pay him much mind.