She broke the 2000m Flemington record. Beating Winning Belle mind you. Is Winning Belle therefore better than Might and Power...?

(times are meaningless)

Anyway, M&P never raced at the Flemington 2000m so we won't pot him on that. He only raced over 2000m on GOOD TRACKS on two occasions. One of them was a failure, the other he came 1st, by 6 lengths, at RANDWICK (not Flemington), running only 0.6 seconds SLOWER than Makybe's 2000m record. Oh yeah, he was a 3yo then too...

He also beat fellow Melbourne Cup winner Champagne in Sydney one day by 10.5 lengths, in a Group 1. She ran 2nd.

He destroyed lots of fields like that, including of course beating multiple Group 1 winner Gold Guru by 5 lengths in Sydney one day, (in that race Caulfield AND Melbourne Cup winner Doriemus ran 3rd to him), and of course there's the day he beat the Caulfield Cup field by 7.5 lengths, in then track record time.

Oh yeah, and in case you don't believe me that times are meaningless, how's this for a time comparison - Might and Power's Cox Plate, fastest 2040m ever run on the Strathayr MV. And he led all the way. (that's right, faster than the Diva's even!)

Quick statistical comparison:

Might and POwer -- Makybe Diva

M.P. - 33 starts 15 wins (45.5%) - M. D. 36 starts 15 wins (41.7%)

M.P. - 7 Group 1 Victories (21.2%) - M.D. 7 Group 1 Victories (19.4%)

MP - 3 Group 2 Victories (9%) - MD 3 Group 2 Victories (8%)

MP - 2 Listed/G3 victories (6%) - MD 1 Listed/G3 victory (3%)


Quick formline comparison, 2400m:

Caulfield Cup, 2004 - Elvstroem beats Makybe Diva sht head.

Caulfield Cup, 1997 - Might and Power wins, 7.5 lengths.

Recent MRC Virtual Caulfield Cup competition, winner - Might and Power, 2nd - Let's Elope, 3rd - Elvstroem.

Argument is futile. Don't let emotion get in the way of your judgement. He was the better horse.

AGAIN, for those who will shoot me down, I am NOT potting MDiva. I think she is in the best 3 I have seen.

But he was better.