G'day ra sun,

I hope that your "tag"- "ra"-meaning sun god in Egyptian history, and sun, doesn't mean you have been may have been in the sun too long.
Let's get something straight-I,for one never tried to compare horses in different eras.
All you can go on is history:
Tulloch-absolute champion, raced against the best at all times,particularly, Lord, considered an absolute "ultra" champion by our friends in Victoria.
Look at the horses that Phar Lap ran against-one in particular,Peter Pan, won two Melbourne Cups, although not consecutively.
Gunsynd was a very, very good horse but no champion, so we must be very careful not to label very good horses as "champions"-therefore, Northerly, a very, very, good horse but look at the way he has been handled, with lack-lustre performances in unsuitable handicap races-do you think this does the image of racing any good?
I respect your opinion but I think that I havr presented a pretty strong case for recognising the "ills" of racing today.

Cheers