The point was that the Canadians have it right as far as awarding championships. America needs to change their rules. As they currently are, it's just too vague and leaves too much too individual interpretation. Should they be for American based horses only? Should you have to have the majority of your starts here? Should there be a higher minimum number of starts? When a horse can win a title in one country while never winning a race in that country, something's wrong with the system. I feel that when it comes time to vote, a voter should ask themselves two very simple questions:
1-Who is the best horse to run in that division that year? Not most times in this country or most grade one wins or most historical achievements or weight carried or number of tracks run on. Who is the BEST horse? Period. After they answer that question, ask the second one
1-Is that horse eligible to win the award? If he's the best and he's eligible, he should get the vote.
End of story.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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