yea, i like mandella as well, seems like one of the good guys in the game. given the fact that the horse is fine, however, i would have to assume that the thought of $650g and somewhere between $1.5m and $4m (depending on whether PP can beat Md'O in dubai) was starting to sound too good to pass up. the big cap is turning out to be weak gdII race at best. i will be surprised if any of them aside from the mandella second stringer cross the wire faster than 2:01 and change (and even he has his own question marks). still, you are correct, the race now becomes a better betting event.