WHAT a difference a week can make. Last week I made the statement that, in my opinion, Fernando Bale could not yet be classed as the greatest chaser ever seen in Australia. Among the greats? Absolutely. The greatest? Not yet.
I still stand by that assessment. Yet, Saturday night’s victory in a heat of the Maturity Classic removed one, and arguably both, of my previous objections to Fernando Bale being raised to such exalted status.
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