Is he a Great?
 

Greatness can be subjective so my question is directed toward those who use the word only rarely and in its purest sense...

He was a bargin basement horse, purchased by a cab driver. A blue collar hero, a champion for the masses.

I'm sure most if not all of you know the story, even those who don't follow the international scene.

At 9 years old, he's pointed to Royal Ascot for the third year in a row.

He just won a(nother) G1 in Singapore, beating an international cast.

He has run and won at home, in Japan, at Royal Ascot and now in Singapore.

He tried but circumstances prevented him from running in HK (although he made the trip over).

17 wins from 33 starts, he's hit the board an additional 9 times (placed 5 times, show - 4 times). I believe he now has 6 G1 wins.

So my question is this... is Takeover Target a great?

Why, or why not?

I would say he is a great, just like John Henry. 33 starts is something you rarely see from this caliber of horse.

Yeah but our baldy-faced friend could beat anyone... :D

Ummm, no.

edit - Oh right, the greatness thread, Thought you meant TT.

TT was & still is in his way A great story & should give us all hope a taxi cabbie ( Not indian ) buys a 2nd hand clapped out throw away & goes on to make 5 million with him ;-).
Although now past his prime he can STILL WIN GROUP 1 s as shown a couple of weeks back

PS Good to see haradahsun can SUCK in 2 Nations ;-)

Hey Stormcat,
You must have a softspot for Collier Hill then? I thought what he did was pretty remarkable. Back to back grade 1's as a 8yr old

I love the old guys the best. :)

Again, that's subjective too. Everyone has their own definition, that's why there are 545435 threads about BB being great. It something that can only be decided by the person themselves.

I know I am great at doing that.

Spyder

You can come & share my walking stick any time ;-)

I'm a big fan of Takeover Target so I say yes.

:D

Thank you, kind Sir.

(My real reply would land this thread in Eso very quickly).:p