Breeders' Cup Fan Fantasy: The Sprint

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Precisionist would clearly be the best overall horse of the 8 - however - I'd have a big problem voting for him in something like this.

He won the Breeders Cup Sprint in '85 - his prior sprint race was a 6th place finish - albeit beaten just 3.25 lengths in the Potrero Grande. Just four weeks after his BC Sprint win - he was 4th in a Grade 3 Stake going 6 furlongs at 2/5 odds.

He was off the board in 6 of his 10 lifetime stake sprint races.

If you are talking best individual performance ever in a Breeders Cup Sprint win - I think it's pretty clear that Artax would be the winner.

If you are talking best overall Breeders Cup Sprint resume - Kona Gold is the right horse. He ran in the glory years of the race - when the sprint division was just loaded.

I haven't paid much attention to these things - so I'm not sure if they're looking for the best overall horse, or best winning performance in the race, or best overall collection of races in the history of the race. You have a different cut and dry winner in all three I think.