This morning I read an article by Ray Thomas (Sydney Telegraph 20/9) where he quotes Gary Crispe, from Timeform, as declaring So You Think a better horse than Makybe Diva and Sunline. In the wake of this declaration So You Think has therefore been rated as the best horse Bart Cummings has ever trained and those with long memories know this list includes the likes of Taj Rossi, Tontonan ,Saintly and Let's Elope, all of whom were not race track couch potatoes.I hope Gary Crispe is correct as I am

This morning I read an article by Ray Thomas (Sydney Telegraph 20/9) where he quotes Gary Crispe, from Timeform, as declaring So You Think a better horse than Makybe Diva and Sunline. In the wake of this declaration So You Think has therefore been rated as the best horse Bart Cummings has ever trained and those with long memories know this list includes the likes of Taj Rossi, Tontonan ,Saintly and Let's Elope, all of whom were not race track couch potatoes.

I hope Gary Crispe is correct as I am of the strong belief Bart Cummings will run So You Think in the Melbourne Cup if SYT wins the WS Cox Plate or goes close and have backed him accordingly. However to suggest SYT can go past Might And Power ,Better Loosen Up, Northerly and Vo Rogue this campaign is in my mind stretching ratings assessment a tad too prematurely.

It is one thing beating the best around at the moment and "making seven individual Group 1 winners look second rate" in the Underwood Stakes but suggesting a rating of 134 compared to Tulloch's 138, Kingston Town's 137, Manikato's 136 and equaling Vain is too much for me. I would not be prepared to agree that in an open handicap there would be 2kg (4 Timeform rating points) between Tulloch and So You Think nor Sunline, Makybe Diva and Northerly receiving 2.5kg from So You Think.

I don't know about you but if SYT had 59kg at wfa and both Sunline/Makybe Diva 56.5kg over 2000m I would run a world class 200m sectional to back the better priced of the two mares, based on value. There was no better horse in Australia the day Sunline won the Cox Plate by six lengths and can one forget Glen Boss looking to his left as he fanned seven wide on the home turn in her Cox Plate win.

No, I cannot have So You Think above those two champions, at THIS stage based on ratings.