If they added two more undeserving ones to the list ... Perfect Drift and Evening Attire ... I'd have them both at least four or five spots off of the bottom.
Perfect Drift and Evening Attire are kind of like this decades equine two George Foremans .. you had a version of those two as a 4yo .. that could have just crushed about half of the horses on that list going a route of ground.
Those were the glory years when they were knocking Joe Frazier's into submission. Eveing Attire upsetting Street Cry at 65/1 odds late in his 3yo season. Romping by 3 lengths in the Jockey Club Gold Cup with a 114 Beyer as a 4yo. Perfect Drifit .. a horse I bet in the Derby at 3 - and a horse who was an absolutely awesome 4yo on dirt.
The Evening Attire that would always walk out of the gate - but was still good enough to win a 250K stake race by 8 lengths in his final start as a 10yo. The Perfect Drift who eventually refused to win - but was still decent enough to get beat less than 3 lengths in a Grade 1 race as a 9yo, on a surface that he totally hated (turf) ... those were like the fat and comical version of George Foreman - selling mufflers and grills but still good enough to be halfway competitve with most of the best fighters around at almost age 50.
Steet Sense is 12th and last - only horse ahead of Mineshaft. I think he was put in there as a joke or something. Despite being recent, they can't even fool the Barbaro and LITF horsey lover crowd into thinking he was that good.
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