”He should be in his prime … over hurdles , the fact he isn’t backs up while very talented he isn’t a all time great , he didn’t deliver enough and ended up with a glaring flaw …”
HDLG, he’ll be 10yo in 4 months. The percentage of horses still in their prime in National Hunt at that age is incredibly low and it’s pretty much non existent on the flat.
There hasn’t been a 10yo+ winner of the Champion Hurdle in almost 50 years so you’re talking nonsense.