bellamy road was retired

Originally Posted by Dixie Porter

As far as BR, he wouldn't rate in the top 1000 horses that have raced.

That's exactly what I was going to post! But I was beaten to it by the world's second most knowledgable analyst.

Here's how I got there ...

Bellamy Road won one G1 stakes and placed in one other. In an average year ... there are probably about 10 to 20 horses who accomplish that ... or accomplish much more. So ... if we go back to the time when thoroughbred racing became a major organized sport in the United States ... about 1860 say ... there probably have been about 1,500 to 3,000 horses who have done what Bellamy Road did ... or better.

So ... if anyone took the time to research all G1-equivalent winners over the past 145 years ... Bellamy Road would probably rank somewhere around 2000th ....among all American race horses.