Assessment and Honours
In the 1993 Cartier Racing Awards, Commander in Chief was voted European Three-Year-Old Champion Colt. In the official International Classification for 1993 he was rated on 127, equal with White Muzzle and three pounds below the top-rated three-year-old Zafonic. Commander in Chief was rated at 130 for his Derby win by Timeform.
In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Commander in Chief as an "inferior" Derby winner.
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