Raw Talent...

[Pedigree Ann]

No love for Invasor? Travels from Uruguay to the US, to Dubai, back to US, back to Dubai. Unbeaten in the Western Hemisphere. Made Bernardini look one-paced in the BC Classic. Or are only front-running/right off the lead sorts the only ones who have 'raw talent?'

[hockey2315]

Since it's no fun debating the obvious ones. . .

Here's an obscure one: Magnificience. Her debut was a thing of beauty. . . and then came the synthetics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyfhfFmhidg

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Since it's no fun debating the obvious ones. . .

Here's an obscure one: Magnificience. Her debut was a thing of beauty. . . and then came the synthetics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyfhfFmhidg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H9wfE7hgrM

[Athletics005]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Since it's no fun debating the obvious ones. . .

Here's an obscure one: Magnificience. Her debut was a thing of beauty. . . and then came the synthetics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyfhfFmhidg

I was actually going to post this but thought I would be laughed off the site. She also returned in her 2nd race to post a 109 beyer in a grade III. Probably the most impressive maiden race I have seen and surely a great indicator of raw talent.

I believe it wasn't untill her year long injury that coincided with her permanent switch to synthetics that made her very ordinary.

[Thoroughbred Fan]

In the last 10 years, in no particular order:

Ghostzapper
Candy Ride
Lost in the Fog
Dubai Millenium
Zenyatta

[Athletics005]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

No love for Invasor? Travels from Uruguay to the US, to Dubai, back to US, back to Dubai. Unbeaten in the Western Hemisphere. Made Bernardini look one-paced in the BC Classic. Or are only front-running/right off the lead sorts the only ones who have 'raw talent?'

Invasor is surely one the most easily forgotten solid horses, but he doesn't really jump out at me when I think raw talent. If anything, he seems like a horses that got EVERYTHING out the talent he did have. He brought it everytime. If some of the other horses on this list had that quality they would have been all-time greats.