I know its been a "black day " today but i would just like to say what a cracker mad ran today, superb jumping and a real good pace, and superb judgement by scudamore,well done.
Agreed he was very good today, could yet go down in history as the horse who finished the careers of Denman and Exotic Dancer with that one very good performance.
The cheek pieces have definatley played their part, do you think the horse got nervous and uncomfortable without them? because he seems to get an early lead now and says " you come get me boys " if you’re good enough, mind focused on the job and as long as he’s there with a chance he will battle.