So....
Has the time, the time I have been waiting, nay PRAYING for, actually, really, FINALLY come where the simply INVINCIBLE Sprinter Sacre is hopping over the Irish Sea (He saw a good stride, and didn't touch a twig) to button the the last remaining lips of the uneducated, knowledge-less, flabbergastingly STUPID pundits/fans who still, yes STILL question the cataclysmic might of the GREATEST National Hunt Specimen of this, of ANY OTHER era?!?!?! (I will save my Sacre v Arkle v Flyingbolt rant for another time)...
Well, SLAP MY ARSE AND CALL ME CHARLIE!!!!!...It most certainly appears to have become a reality, and WHAT a reality, he will be lining up in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown, 5:30pm, Tuesday 23rd April, and I for one (of MILLIONS) simply CANNOT WAIT!!!
Since he began his chasing winning spree at Donny in December 2011 (the only time not ridden by Bazza) he has cruised to nine consecutive victories, by an aggregate of 120 lengths against animals rated up to 172 without ever really coming off the bridle, so why oh why oh WHY are the straw clutchers STILL breathing?!?!?!? I thought the last of them vanished after the whole "he'll do well to beat 172 rated Cue Card, the best and most impressive Ryanair winner for MANY a year over his OPTIMUM distance"....well, i'll let the race comments for Sacre do the talking on that one:
"tracked leaders on outside, poised to challenge 3 out, led on bit between last 2, clear last, very easily"
That race had to be seen to be believed, the manner of the 4 (and a half) length victory was staggering, Bazza had to admit he was "taking a pull" as they were, and I quote, "not going fast enough"...to quantify that statement, the 3 nags in front who "were not going fast enough were:
172 Rated Cue Card, AWESOME Ryanair Winner
165 Rated Finans Rainbow, 2012 Champion Chase Victor
168 Rated Flemenstar, Widely Regarded As The Fastest Front Runner In The Game
So Basically, it's like me running the 1500 metres Olympic Final, tucked in behind Steve Ovett, Seb Coe and Steve Cram, and on the last lap when things are REALLY tearing up, whispering in their collective ear, "hey guys, i'm kinda full o' beans and running away with myself back 'ere, you couldn't just turn it up a notch, could ya?"
All i'm trying to say is this, YES he'll go off around the 1/8 mark, and YES of course he'll win, and most likely on the mother of all bridles, but the gargantuan gulf between him and his nearest pursuers, who, in their own right are mighty champions, is just infinite, and with nothing to challenge him in Ireland, England, Jupiter, Mars of any other solar system this, or any other year, (the golden crop of 2013 all appear to be hurdlers, and EVEN IF they graduate to chases by 2014/15, Sacre will be 9 by then and EVEN more imposing) i'm almost resigned to defeat in the quest for him to reach a rating of 213 and topple the, in my opinion, grossly (please no rude messages) overrated "Himself", if he had a Denman, or a Kauto, or a Moscow rated in the 190's who he could routinely beat to a pulp, then, and ONLY then would we see his true worth, because the simple fact of the matter is, they have absolutely NO incentive to make him win by half the track, he can just have a gentle school, albeit in Grade One races, and keep racking up the victories, and leave the perpetual rating guesswork up to the handicappers, who, in all honestly, are just as in the dark as we are.
Timeform took the radical step of actually ALTERING previous ratings to accommodate the incomparable beast that is Frankel, so why not Sacre....?
People forget, Sacre is ONLY 7, he won't even reach his peak (whatever than is) for a good 2-3 years, but sadly, the ACTUAL best of him, I doubt we'll EVER truly see....
Sprinter Sacre, the best horse of LAST year, the best horse of THIS year, the best horse of ANY year.......this Kings throne may NEVER be challenged.....LONG LIVE THE KING!!!!
Be Lucky!!!
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