Hammers wrote:

1. "............ and he also lost more than he won." Says who? u? I think you are wrong.

2. "I don't follow" - you can't make him drink. If you adopted my approach U would have backed Sunline in the Doncaster. I had several thousand on her. And U wouldn't be backing horses with 58kgs in the MC.

3. "Your appraisal of GTS in the 2001 Cup is probably right. I repeat my question though, how do you get a horse with GTS's record within 1.5 of Vinnie Roe?"
A: GTS has proven himself under the race conditions and is a fast horse which helps with Aust-style racing.

5. All horses are compared on ability - that's obvious. My question is how do you compare the same horse to itself 12 months on. Take Magical Miss. As a Scott disciple, how do you rate her first up in the Aurie's Star having not raced since being a November 3YO?

A: Firstly, I'm not a Scott disciple, I merely use some of his principles (not all though). Last year MM beat 3yo fillies. So far this year she has beaten Northerly, Fields of O my God, DFC etc..
She has now proven herself against top company.