Divisional best by decade since 1900

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Maybe the way he is saying it is wrong, using words like ducking but the facts behind the argument are strong. Mineshaft beat no one at all. He lost to Perfect Drift who at some point turned into a giant hanger. The money he cost me when he hung in the Whitney, OMG. No facts to back this up just my opinion, but Im fairly certain Candy Ride would have beat Mineshaft, at any distance. I wont comment about anyone else on the list.

What I actually said is that when you run in the races that Mineshaft did, nobody can accuse you of ducking. I don't think anyone ducked him either. It was just a case were there were plenty of opportunities around and for whatever reasons, Mineshaft was fortunate that things worked out for him where he didn't have to face other top horses. The fact is that even if one were to think he was the best of all horses that year, he won ZERO races against top competition.