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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
i believe that druggie here brings some much needed perspective to considering MOW as the greatest horse ever. Based on some of his points, i'd have to agree that he's unlikely the best ever, but on the other hand, his accomplishments on and off the track would seem to validate his overall greatness.
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Even if you're someone who believes he might possibly have been the best ever from an ability standpoint (I absolutely don't believe that) ...... It is still impossible to make any rational case justifying him as the best horse of the 1900's ...... simply because of the highly questionable quality of horses he was racing against. He only race against two horses in his entire career from outside of his microscopic foal crop--and both times, in match races where he was able to use his superior early speed fully to his advantage. Who's ever fault it was...he also never faced Exterminator.
Secretariat, Spectacular Bid, Native Dancer, and Dr. Fager are four horses whom I believe all have a MUCH stronger claim to that ranking than Man O' War.