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Each to their own, but for me Cue Card is popular way beyond his actual achievements. One King George and zero Gold Cups is hardly the stuff of legend. He is perhaps the equine equivalent of Jimmy White in an era where the media are desperate to create another “People’s Champion”
I think that’s true, but popularity isn’t always born out of achievement. Lionel Messi isn’t automatically overrated because he’s never won the world cup, that’s a bit OTT, but you get the point!
You can make all sorts of excuses for horses, but he’s not had the most straight forward of paths. Pushed away from two mile chasing by one of the best national hunt horse of all time in Sprinter Sacre, the old problem of no championship races around his natural distance, so Gold Cup it is, and as a 9,10 and 11 year old, is ‘injured’ and fell the only two times in his career, one time when he looked favourite to win and take the £1m bonus.
I certainly agree he doesn’t look his best and deserves to be retired now and really hope he is, but having said that, I really rate his run today and he could very well still win a six figure sum next season, so why rule it out? Today he ran through the line and finished the stronger. With age he’s looking like he increasingly needs softer ground, which he only got twice this year and won on both occasions by 15 lengths, all other runs were on good ground.
Well done Voleur.
I had Silviniaco Conti who looked like he was enjoying himself until getting one wrong. Glad he’s been retired well.
Well done Voleur, good win. I thought Lizzie Kelly made good use of the horse, a well judged ride.
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