Flaxen Flare v Cause Of Causes - A handicapping anomoly?

I realise theres already a thread on the Ladbroke but just thought this was worth looking at, as sometimes something so bleedin obvious hits you between the eyes that you need to sit up and look.
Gordon Elliott won this last year when 4yo Cause of Causes hosed up. This year he has another similar chance with Flaxen Flare, a 4yo given almost an identical prep. Theyve both been second in the Galway hurdle, won a small field hurdle in Ireland then ran placed in the Greatwood at Cheltenham. There is though a glaring difference.
Prior to running second at Galway off 131, Cause of causes had won 2 ordinary hurdles from 6 starts. Prior to running 2nd at galway off 135, Flaxen Flare had won 2 hurdles including dossing up at the Cheltenham Festival and running a very creditable 4th at Aintree. Flaxen Flare gets in on saturday off 141. Cause of causes won off 142. Admittedly the latter was much a far closer 2nd at Galway than the former and was also closer in the Greatwood but the image of him running away at the festival is difficult to shake off and, in reality has gone up 14 lbs for winning there, running second in the galway hurdle, 4th at Aintree and winning at Cork.
Gordon Elliott is clearly very adept at improving juvenile hurdlers into older horses - look at the way Carlito Brigante trotted up in the Coral Cup off 142 improving greatly between 4 and 5. He is also a target trainer and its always worth noting when he does flag one up as a target, as this one was at the start of the season.
Flaxen Fare is tactically adept, running well in small and large fields and has top form in both good and soft ground. The only negative is the absence through injury of Davy Condon who has a 1,2,1,4,2,1 record on the horse.
That apart, 16-1 is a  decent price for me as I simply think the handicapper has got him shy of his proper rating in comparison to what his stable mate had achieved last year prior to victory.
Then again, I could be completely and utterly wrong!!