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Article: \parJames Lawton: Raw power proves too much for brave but fallen Star\par ; \parA horse who had come here for a coronation began to dwindle before our eyes\par
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- March 16, 2008
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\parThere was just this compelling reason to think so much more
than we once did \parof the big guy who lives next door.\par\par
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\parThis has to be the requiem for the equine hero who found out
finally that \paryou cannot always wing your way to glory. Sometimes
there is a sterner \parexamination. It applies maximum pressure to
every aspect of your talent. \parAnd, among other things, it can
shape your place in history.\par\par
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\parDenman did more than beat his lionised stablemate here
yesterday in the \partaut, damp air of the Gloucestershire valley
that so regularly separates the \parmerely talented from the makers
of legend. He set a withering standard of \parexhilarating ...