The Reef could win on soft and hard ground, which Dancing Brave, Brigadier Gerard or Nijinsky did not prove.

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In the summer of 1972, Brigadier Gerard swept aside all comers in the same insouciant manner that Frankel does today.

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In my view the greatest flat racehorses in the British Isles in the last 100 years were Mill Reef, Brigadier Gerard, Nijinsky, Dancing Brave and Shergar.

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