Very good but not an all time great as he was very much style over substance as his rivals were not (by and large) highly rated G1 performers. In his last four races, he beat:
Sumitas 8L in POW at Royal Ascot, Sumitas then went on to run a further eight times and lost each time including a 7L 5th to Giants Causeway in the Irish Champion Stakes. He only made the frame twice in those eight runs.
Behrens beaten 6L in the Dubai World Cup, Behrens was an admirable performer but often found wanting at the top level, he ran a further four times after without winning but did make the frame three times…..in his career he was placed more times (10) than he won (6) in a 22 race career.
The 118 rated Lear Spear was beaten 4½L in Sheikh Maktoum Challenge (and 19L in the Dubai World Cup) who when returning to the turf went on to finish 3rd 7L behind Giants Causeway in Juddmonte International and won a Doncaster Listed race over 12F but in a 27 race career he won only six times.
Almushtarak was beaten 6L in one of the worse renewals of the QE2 (just four runners the other two were rated 113 (Gold Academy) and 119 (Balisada), Almushtarak was rated as high as 120 (when winning the G2 Celebration Mile) but after the QE2 he ran a further seven times managing a 3rd placed effort in the G2 Sandown Mile. Of those other six races, he only managed to beat 7 of the 63 rivals he faced.