Close but Not Quite

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

I was watching replays of the 1988 Haskell and Travers, where Forty Niner edged out Seeking the Gold both times. Then I thought about STG's 1/2 length loss in that year's BC Classic and his close loss in the following year's Met Mile. So, it got me to thinking. Not including classic race winners, which horses over the past 20 years have come the closest to cracking that barrier between good and great? Those four losses, by a combined margin of less than a length, if turned into wins, would probably have us mentioning Seeking the Gold in the top five horses of the last 20 years. Instead, he's often forgotten. Who are some others that come to mind?

sakhee.