I agree and was stunned when I came in last night and read this thread. I mean if a horse wins due to a perfect trip while another has an extremely bad one I can understand someone saying my horse was better. I do it myself.
But this race, while not a "bernadini" win, was very very sound in showing who is the goods.
Granted deciding that he didn't wanna run early helped him rally into the duel, but lost in this was Gomez overreacting and yanking the right rein so hard as the approached the stretch that the horse went sideways and lost momentum and to reaccelerate. What happened was that Gomez had never ridden him before and appeared to be taken by surprise when the horse decided it was time to go. Gomez had been saving ground while trailing(the smart move) and although he hadn't asked the horse to run yet, the horse decided that he wanted to go and began to close into the pack incredibly quick. He went from 15 back to 6 back in a matter of yards and gomez was so taken by surprise that I think he actually feared running into the back of the horses he was gaining on. He yanked very hard on the right rein and you can see the horse's head go completely sideways and he lost momentum. He had to get rolling again and still blew them away easily.
I really can't see how any rational person could have seen that race and decide that anyone was tons the best other than the winner.
What someone told you about who was better months ago is of no relevance when you see an effort like that.