It will be hard, if not impossible, to compare any horse in the 21st century to those before them because the dynamics of the game have changed.
It is doubtful we will see any horse with a great record make it to their 4YO campaign because of breeding.
So Big Brown is an example of the "new" landscape.
As a comparision it's like college basketball players retiring and never playing in the pros.
So how will we know greatness over a short career with the horses only youngster? We may never unless we change the way we define greatness.
To go back to the college basketball analogy, Micheal Jordon really wasn't that great in college.
That being said, Champions may be a collection of horses and records that will never be seen again, this year or in the future. Our only hope, to be honest, would be a horse that has been cut. Kind of funny to thing the only real chance for greatness is a horse that gives up the chance to reproduce. Chance for Greatness = weannie off
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