He might have had more in the tank, he might not. We can’t be sure he actually stays the trip. I’m not even sure Iroko stays to be honest. You keep increasing IAM official rating and in effect giving Iroko weight, I don’t think it makes any odds. IAM has two Aintree and one Irish Nationals in the bank. He stays all day. Iroko seldom wins even when he’s running ‘honestly’.
Its a unique test in terms of the fences and the trip and I don’t mean the fences being hard to jump, if anything its the opposite but so many horses waste time in the air over them. There are other marathon tests but few of them are weights headed by G1 placed horses who if we are being kind probably could go closer still in those G1s if being honestly run.