[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Nobody is in the camp that "great" horses have to run 10f's and face 20 horse fields to be outstanding. There have been plenty of 7 horse fields that proved to be great. You can have a super field of 5—quality, not quantity. Nobody is suggesting Flight Risk, and Life is Good aren't very fast horses. They are very good. The point is you don't know enough about them to suggest they are great. Life is Good has been matched by an equally fast horse, albeit not one made for two turns. Flight Risk has been a show horse and has collected blue ribbons.

But that’s the thing. I’m not putting them with the all-time greats at this point. That list belongs to those that have proven themselves time and again at various distances, on different surfaces, against better horses. Unfortunately, the way the sport is going now, it will be extremely difficult for any horse to prove his greatness going forward. They race so sparingly. There are tons of different races that allow them to avoid each other so much. They don’t carry heavy weights anymore. It’s hard. So more and more often we are left to speculate on who the best horses are instead of actually seeing it proven.

You brought up Life is Good’s loss to Jackie’s Warrior. I think races like the Pegasus only enhance how good a race that was. Jackie’s Warrior is the likely champion sprinter and for Life is Good to be a horse that’s good enough to beat the HOY at 9f, to come off a long layoff and face an in-form champion at the champs best distance and damn near beat him is an added feather in his cap in my opinion, not a knock.