Ability to win major races
Ability to beat good horses
Ability to run fast figures
Ability to win with dominance
Ability to handle different surfaces
Ability to handle a wide range of distances
Ability to handle tough trips, bad rides, and unfavorable circumstances
Ability to ship and consistantly run near top form away from home circuit
Ability to have participated in a lot of major races
These two groups of criteria 'define' a great race horse for me. I had the fortune to see the great groups of horses in the 70's and 80's and still believe these decades of thoroughbreds were far superior to what we are seeing now.
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A racehorse is an animal that can take several thousand people for a ride at the same time. ~Author Unknown
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