You have got to doff your hat to Raising Sixty-One. His run in the Group 1 Singapore Gold Cup was courageous and admirable.
With his then-rating of 73, he was thought to be out of his depth.
Well, what do we know? He certainly bruised some egos when taking fourth spot behind that great fella, Lim's Kosciuszko.
On the day, he also rubbed salt into the wounds of racehorses like Invincible Tycoon, Relentless and Sacred Croix, who were all carrying higher rating points.
He will meet Relentless and Sacred Croix in the Group 3 Colonial Chief Stakes on Dec 2.
They will be out for blood as each will want to claim the last feature of the 2023 season.
Well, they will have their work cut out for them.
You see, Raising Sixty-One appears to be better than he was when putting together those five wins in his already Illustrious career.
Trainer Tim Fitzsimmons has done a mighty fine job getting his five-year-old to, what looks like, peak form.
And how do we know that? Well, Raising Sixty-One was one of the stars if not "the star" - at trackwork on Nov 28.
Now racing off a rating of 77, he did not break any land speed records.
He ran out the 600m trip in 40.5sec, but his doggedness was there for all to see.
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