Most Overrated Horses

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I’d say Songbird. What say you?

I wouldn't put Songbird high up on the list of overrated horses although she certainly wasn't very fast based on speed figures. There seemed to have been a lot of people on these boards that found her suspect based on those speed figures during her 3yo year as opposed to overrating her. In the end she didn't loose too many races and can't be accused of ducking a top race (until her owner pulled the plug).

I was impressed with her race in the BC Distaff against a genuinely good horse (Beholder) but it was a great disappointment that she didn't progress as a 4yo. She obviously had some physical issues to explain why. On the plus side, she made her 4yo debut in a Grade 1 across the country from where she was stabled and IIRC the race produced something like 3 or 4 subsequent Grade 1 winners.