Which horses were truly great?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Question (could be a dumb one)...

Is it tougher to get an "All Time Great" today compared to the days of Colin and whatnot.. because the # of foals there are these days are way more than the # back in the good ol' days??

I dont know anyone who is familar with Colin and racing of the 1910's

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I dont know anyone who is familar with Colin and racing of the 1910's

I just threw out a name...

[TheSpyder]

On capital OTB this morning they had a clip from Hialeah. It was the race Buckpasser won the Flamingo. He raced neck to neck with two other horses around the entire turn and all of a sudden another horse passed them like they were standing still and was ahead by open lengths. Buckpasser unbelievably reved up and overtook him at the wire.

Never seen anything like that..unreal

And here is the race in part from youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Sy-...eature=related

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I dont know anyone who is familar with Colin and racing of the 1910's

Then they didn't read the recent article in the Blood-Horse. In seriousness, this horse carried an absurd amount of weight by today's standard and off only a few days of rest...I'd definitely include him, but I'd also include a few others that were mentioned in this thread and not 'added'.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Then they didn't read the recent article in the Blood-Horse. In seriousness, this horse carried an absurd amount of weight by today's standard and off only a few days of rest...I'd definitely include him, but I'd also include a few others that were mentioned in this thread and not 'added'.

Did someone really old write the article?

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Did someone really old write the article?

I think they are as old as you....is that really old?

[Thunder Gulch]

Ruffian ran track records the first two times she hit the track, never trailed at any point of any race, and averaged winning by 9 lengths. I don't care who she did it against, that is greatness. It's just my opinion, but I think she could have outrun all but a handful of horses that ever lived- male or female- at 5 to 8 furlongs.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I think they are as old as you....is that really old?

pretty old

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I think they are as old as you....is that really old?

ooo, watch it now, i just caught up to chuck again!