How do you.....

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

The word 'great' was tossed around with all of the following, how would you rank them?

Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, Bernardini, Barbaro or Curlin?

1. Curlin
2. SJ
T3. Barbaro
T3. Bernardini
T5. Alex

Not separated by a whole lot. You could make arguments for each.
Hell, Alex was the only one to win a G1 at 2 AND 3 (let alone multiple graded stakes!) He only gets downgraded for the horrible competition he faced and generally lower figures.

I despised Curlin and still do but respect him nonetheless.