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Smiling Shard is the best horse at the moment. Simply because he is more seasoned than the others, has been thrown in the deep end early and he has stepped up to the mark and gone to the next level. For A Reason has not been knocked around (even though seems he may have abit of a heart problem, already fibrulated once) and in time I beleive can develop into a better horse than Smiling Shard and go all the way, very nice animal, yes he beat nothing Friday night but he did it very well. Lanercost on the other hand, pretender! Has awesome speed, but thats it. Beat Be Good Johnny the other week however, was a mile, got the easiest lead in the world, walked the first half and sprinted home with Be Good Johnny starting his run 4-5 lenghts off him. Anytime Lanercost has been in a big race, he has always been beaten, he doesnt have that X factor, the will to win, stick his neck out all day attitude like the really good ones have. Yes easy lead over a mile, very hard to beat once you get amounst the big boys, they are very few and far between. Motu Crusader is also a star on the rise, probably always play second fiddle to For A Reason while hes in Lukes care however hes as tough as nails and knows were the post is and is a deadset trier.
As for David Hercules, maybe abit unfair to give the trainer a spray for bringing the horse to NSW, sometimes owners can be very pushy, especially with young stars, they might have just wanted to see him race, I could be wrong though and the trainer may have been off the mark.
For A Reason, future star!
