Royal Ascot:Queen Anne Stakes

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Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I agree with you, especially with regards to the 2008 running where the American horses were terrible. Last year's field was a lot better and Courageous Cat did run his eyeballs out. Zacinto and the Godolphin horse who had won on World Cup night were both solid horses from Europe and the American contingent was far from terrible.

Now, the 2009 field was nowhere near the quality of some of the fields Da Hoss or Lure beat, let alone Miesque.

NT

Zacinto basically bolted and was last in his return this year. He ran a respectable 4th today however. The Godolphin horse was ridiculous. How the hell he won on World Cup Day will remain an eternal mystery.

The whole thing is one of the problems with these internet discussions. People either lack perspective or lose all sense of it. Great horses of the past get routinely dismissed or forgotten whenever the latest horse du jour appears.