Is American Pharoah Baffert's best horse?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ghartman02

Silver Charm was a champion, he won The Derby and Preakness and then Dubai, just short in the Classic and Belmont. Real Quiet, a nose shy of a Triple Crown, Ok at 4 but we'll never know. Point Given was a beast. I'll never understand what happened Derby Day, but The Preakness, Belmont, and Travers were great. It's still incomplete on American Pharoah, but at this juncture, I think he's not only Bob's best, but definitely in the elite zone. Horses come at him in every race and he just puts it in another gear. Secretariat followed up the Triple Crown with great wins especially in the Marlboro, and Man o War or Lexington (always forget which one). Neither Slew nor Affirmed won in their Triple Crown won what I would term the Grand Slam of it's day, The Jockey Club Gold Cup (at 1 1/2 Miles). So if AP would win the BC Classic, we're in new territory!

it was the man o war.

and one of slew's best races ever was the jockey club. losing a nose after how he ran early...it was amazing to see.

[somerfrost]

Well, it's strictly a matter of opinion but based on the importance I attach to winning the Triple Crown, I have to place AP at the top of the list.

[ghartman02]

Slew's Jockey Club was amazing. I said that to a friend when Zenyatta came up short in the Breeders Cup Classic, he said, well she wasn't as good, and I said that made me a fan. It looked like in 1978 Exceller would take off, but Slew wouldn't quit which placed him in my mind as one of the greats.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ghartman02

Slew's Jockey Club was amazing. I said that to a friend when Zenyatta came up short in the Breeders Cup Classic, he said, well she wasn't as good, and I said that made me a fan. It looked like in 1978 Exceller would take off, but Slew wouldn't quit which placed him in my mind as one of the greats.

what did beyer say, something like exceller won but slew was the hero?

it was an amazing race from SS.