Definition of Great Horse

[Revolution]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

So what exactly makes Ghostzapper a fraud? Because he didn't run enough?

News flash: Horses don't run every two weeks anymore. If your definition of great is going to be so rigid that a horse has to run thirty times and win a million stakes races to be great, you should just quit watching racing, because the "great" horse, by your criteria, is dead.

Horses today run 6-7x a year. That is enough to be great. Slew ran 7x/yr as a 3yr old and 4yr old. That is all it takes. Averaging 2.7 races a year over a career is laughable though. Is 6 or 7 races a year too much to ask. I think not.