Well after reading some tripe on a British forum, I am glad he lost.
This is the crap that was posted:
Overdose in Rome
I dont mind what race it i sor where is run, what I rate is the form of the race.
First of all, the performance is so amazing that I can understand some people tend not to believe it.
6f heavy ground, the time is especially good for the heavy ground.
The winner run in the inside , some people can argue the ground vias, but with a big field and plenty of experienced riders of the course, they thought the place to be was more in the middle side.
About the form
Overdose had been dominating many good races in the season and that was the reason for him giving weight to the older horses. In that date a 3yo timeform has a 3yo with a pound to receive with the older horses in that distance.
My rating for the performance is 143+
Using 2.82pounds per length and giving 5 pounds for the ease of the victory, the figure is very conservative with all the field not running their top rating( what is unlikely for a race of this kind)
I had given him 3 figures in the 3 german races he had won, posting 122+. 115+, 124+, beating good fields and posting good times in impressive style.
Then the Prix Abbaye in Longchamp, that day beating 2 horses by a wider margin and in a faster time , on possibly slower ground than Marchand Dor.
About the Rome nce, the beaten horses:
Black Mambazo (102) on the day after running a 103 in Longchamp in the Abbaye, on his next run he runs a 103 in Dubai in a handicap. In mMay posted another 102 in rome and afterwards he run a good race to be beaten b y Taxk Free posting a 117, he won a race in between this and the Abbaye where he was beaten by 1l ¾ by Total Gallery posting a 115.
Titus Shadow,(106) on the day, gr3 winner and listed winner since then.
Gesture, (104), very consistent since in this region of figures.
Lindiscreta (90), gr3 winner in his next start beating Leaps Arrow. Something like 106 for that.
Reykon (86), listed winner since.
Polar Wind, listed winner and posting much higher RPR after and before this.
Docksil, listed winner in the precious one beating BM.
And I can continue with the rest of beaten horses.
You don’t win gr3 in Italy or in Germany with horse worse than 104, as you has seen with Worthadd, they are not so bad, what Overdose did to this field is something that has to be seen to be believe, on visual seeing in the youtube video, the winning distance could be even bigger than 10l and the horse eased a little bit in the post,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nE9qbUwO2oThe performance this year, impossible to rate but my feeling is a 130++.
