I disagree. His run in the Victoria Cup was outstanding. He got beaten 6.4m and was three wide the last lap is a fast last half of 55.4 - what more could you want him to do, you cannot do better than that lol! :)
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Prime and proper.... . WHAT A RUN...
I thought "oh no here we go again" when Renaissance Man was pulling hard and Smoken Up couldn't cross... but the freshen up meant that he had petrol to burn over the last two quarters....
GREAT WIN.. and I agree with Adam Hamilton when he said it was Smoken Up's best race ever..
I agree monster run. I was laughing (in disbelief) at him being park again after last year - couldn't believe that it was happening again, a repeat of last year. Not sure if it was/wasn't his best run, albeit being a might one. The Miracle Mile field was a lot tougher than tonight, as was the Cranbourne Cup. One thing for sure, the horse is flying... :) I was cheering for him to win, he really deserved it after the work he did.
I also thought Standelle's run was very good too - stepping up to the grade slowly with each race. :)