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Quote: from Kotkijet on 11:54 pm on Mar. 18, 2004[br]Hi everybody<br> <br>What everybody is forgetting is the FACT that racehorses these days are trained to the point of perfection when it comes to the big races.
If Arkle was at his peak during Gold Cup months within the same era that Best Mate IS around then Best Mate would really make a mockery out of Arkle.
In the golden era, racehorses were made to prove their worth week in week out. By the time Cheltenham came, it was down to the most battle hardened to emphactuate themselves within the shades of glory.
These days, the only horses who triumph are those who are the biggest, strongest and fastest when it matters.
The idea of horses conceding 2 stone to moderate animals to prove their worth in this day and age is absolutely absurd. Seriously, it is like Arsenal giving away a 4 goal lead to Man Utd. We know that Arsenal (and Man City for that matter) are eons superior to Man Utd but making Arsenal fight with one hand behind his back will prove nothing.
That is part one of my ”Why Best Mate is the best racehorse of all time” lecture, but Misery Mesh knocked the nail on the head in saying that this is the true great of our generation and we don’t know any better.
Peace out everybody<br>
lmao that was the worst argument PRO Best Mate I have ever heard, you could be forgiven for thinking you were pro Arkle in parts of that post lol (only the battle harderd won back then – that shows class and shows why the times were so different) Keep going though I am on the edge of my seat for part 2 I am dying to know why you think an average horse who struggled to beat average company is so damn good.
Quote: from jilly on 7:45 pm on Mar. 18, 2004[br]I am with you all the way on this one KJ.<br>Those that disagree with us are a bunch of clueless feckers. :biggrin:
I have to disagree with that childish comment on the basis that an opinion cannot be wrong or "clueless".
Quote: from Kotkijet on 6:16 pm on Mar. 18, 2004[br]Hi everybody
See More Business
Looks Like Trouble
<br>And that’s just for starters.
Even if your head was full of acid, you wouldn’t for one second contemplate the idea that any of the aforementioned weren’t of the highest order
Are you completely insane? You must have been asleep during the 2002 Gold cup because Best Mate did not beat Looks Like Trouble. Looks Like Trouble had a reoccurrence of his tendon injury and therefore it should not be said that Best Mate beat Looks Like Trouble. I would love to have seen Best Mate v Looks Like Trouble that would have been amazing. I have no doubt that LLT would have beaten BM he was a classy horse that was never given the credit he deserved. His performance at Down Royal was spectacular, the day they said he had injured his tendon I was very depressed indeed, we were denied seeing a true champion win 3 Gold Cups. As for you mentioning See More Business, he was way past his prime by the time BM got a chance to race him so again he doesn’t count. Put LLT SMB and BM in the same race when they were all at their best and I think it would be
1st LLT<br>2ed SMB<br>3rd BM
I suggest you actually research things before mentioning them.
The greatest racehorse of all time my arse. If he is the greatest racehorse of all time that doesn’t say much for racing. On paper he is a great horse one of the best of all time however if you actually read that price of paper you will see why he won 3 Gold Cups. Look what he beat, they are average racehorses nothing special, you have to beat a great horse to be a great horse he hasn’t done this. In my opinion the past 3 Gold Cups have been the weakest that I can remember. The luckiest horse of all time but not the greatest my friend.
