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Old 12-14-2009, 06:20 PM
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if that's the one where you can give your version and then they tell you theirs...i had curlin way down on the list, but still ahead of a few of the others. top three were tiznow, gz and mineshaft i believe.
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:29 PM
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If they added two more undeserving ones to the list ... Perfect Drift and Evening Attire ... I'd have them both at least four or five spots off of the bottom.

Perfect Drift and Evening Attire are kind of like this decades equine two George Foremans .. you had a version of those two as a 4yo .. that could have just crushed about half of the horses on that list going a route of ground.

Those were the glory years when they were knocking Joe Frazier's into submission. Eveing Attire upsetting Street Cry at 65/1 odds late in his 3yo season. Romping by 3 lengths in the Jockey Club Gold Cup with a 114 Beyer as a 4yo. Perfect Drifit .. a horse I bet in the Derby at 3 - and a horse who was an absolutely awesome 4yo on dirt.

The Evening Attire that would always walk out of the gate - but was still good enough to win a 250K stake race by 8 lengths in his final start as a 10yo. The Perfect Drift who eventually refused to win - but was still decent enough to get beat less than 3 lengths in a Grade 1 race as a 9yo, on a surface that he totally hated (turf) ... those were like the fat and comical version of George Foreman - selling mufflers and grills but still good enough to be halfway competitve with most of the best fighters around at almost age 50.

Steet Sense is 12th and last - only horse ahead of Mineshaft. I think he was put in there as a joke or something. Despite being recent, they can't even fool the Barbaro and LITF horsey lover crowd into thinking he was that good.
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:30 PM
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the fillies and mares list from last week is pretty interesting also...
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:46 PM
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the fillies and mares list from last week is pretty interesting also...
I just saw it now.

They included Proud Spell but not Riboletta.

If you compare the form of those two horses side-by-side ... bettors would make Riboletta 1/9 against her.

Riboletta ran several races in the 2000 season that would destroy Ginger Punch on her best day as well.
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:54 PM
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I just saw it now.

They included Proud Spell but not Riboletta.

If you compare the form of those two horses side-by-side ... bettors would make Riboletta 1/9 against her.

Riboletta ran several races in the 2000 season that would destroy Ginger Punch on her best day as well.
How about having Beautiful Pleasure? Her biggest accomplishments came in 1999. Sightseek deserved a spot over her IMO.

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Old 12-14-2009, 07:05 PM
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How about having Beautiful Pleasure? Her biggest accomplishments came in 1999. Sightseek deserved a spot over her IMO.
I hear ya ... but at least Beautiful Pleasure was a very good horse.

Yeah - Sightseek was one of a few mares that Frankel trained this decade that was a much better horse than Ginger Punch. Amazing she was left off.

Wild Spirit ... my favorite Frankel female (who Kaspet somehow excluded from an old poll about favorite Frankel females I see) was also much better than Ginger Punch.
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Old 12-14-2009, 07:52 PM
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I hear ya ... but at least Beautiful Pleasure was a very good horse.

Yeah - Sightseek was one of a few mares that Frankel trained this decade that was a much better horse than Ginger Punch. Amazing she was left off.

Wild Spirit ... my favorite Frankel female (who Kaspet somehow excluded from an old poll about favorite Frankel females I see) was also much better than Ginger Punch.
I think the editors are either on crack or just drew names from a hat.
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Old 12-14-2009, 07:58 PM
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how bout Saint Liam as better than at least one of those, won 4 grade 1, and a grade 2, placed in 7 other grade 2 or 3, won about $4.5 mill
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:30 PM
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No Alaazo? Pffffffffthhhhhhhh.
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:34 PM
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Where did Point Given finish on that list?
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:38 PM
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Where did Point Given finish on that list?
He's 7th.

One spot below Smarty Jones... one above Afleet Alex.
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Old 12-14-2009, 06:47 PM
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No Alaazo? Pffffffffthhhhhhhh.
He and Rockport Harbor were the final two cuts.
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