Top 5 greatest failures I've seen among racehorses

[jms62]

If I can use one word to describe your list of "failures". Absurd.

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by jms62

If I can use one word to describe your list of "failures". Absurd.

Agreed. How can multiple stake winners be considered great failures?

This topic should begin and end with the Green Monkey..........
$16 mil with a $10,200 return

And how about Zippy? 0 for 100

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by jms62

If I can use one word to describe your list of "failures". Absurd.

Why?

I'm not talking about horses who sold for $16 million because they fooled someone in an undertack show .. or sold for $11 million because they fooled someone with looks.

I'm talking about horses who were actually on the path to greatness - and had logical reasons to believe they would improve - and they certainly didn't come close to achieving greatness.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Why?

I'm not talking about horses who sold for $16 million because they fooled someone in an undertack show .. or sold for $11 million because they fooled someone with looks.

I'm talking about horses who were actually on the path to greatness - and had logical reasons to believe they would improve - and they certainly didn't come close to achieving greatness.

Drugs. First line of Slewboppers post verbatim is my reasoning.

[smuthg]

Drugs, what about Sweet Catomine?

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by smuthg

Drugs, what about Sweet Catomine?

Tough to consider her a failure considering the circumstances though, no?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by smuthg

Drugs, what about Sweet Catomine?

If I had to do females ... she, along with Halfbrideld would be very high on the list. She didn't race long enough though afterwards to get a top 2 or 3 ranking though.

[Antitrust32]

I think that grey Canadian horse (i think a stronach) that won the Withers I believe and everyone was saying he was going to be the next Bernardini. I think he would qualify.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I think that grey Canadian horse (i think a stronach) that won the Withers I believe and everyone was saying he was going to be the next Bernardini. I think he would qualify.

Harlem Rocker?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by jms62

Drugs. First line of Slewboppers post verbatim is my reasoning.

Easy. Multiple stakes winners can be great failures - to me anyway - because they were cut out to be all-time greats and they didn't achieve it.