All,

Is it just me, or is this years ID very average to say the least?

Apart from say the top 6 (no particular order) - Smoken Up / Mr Feelgood / I'm The Mighty Quinn / Waishakie / Auckland Reactor / Raglan, geez they seem to be an average lot. Certainly there are 'nice' horses, but by geez, the class level drops away by some margin from the top 6 to the rest. I'm not saying the others aren't good horses on their day, but our Grand Circuit to be fair is poor if we can only find 6 genuine topliners (and I'm being kind including Raglan in the top lot!)

I have to say (and wasn't the only one), but the recent Hunter Cup was WAY DOWN on it's general standard and apart from the emotion an ID brings and the appeal potential of the spectacle WA racing brings, the actual fields disappoint me.

Am I being too harsh or expecting too much or am I on the money and not the only one feeling the same?