Greatest Living Racehorse?

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Didn't Bobby Frankel go to great lengths to convince Ken Ramsey to keep Roses In May from dueling with Ghostzapper in the BC Classic? At least that's what Steve Haskin said. Seems like Frankel was aware that the colt had his limits.

If that's true, and I'd hardly take what Haskin says as gospel these days, it likely had less to do with tactical limitations and more with the fact that Castellano's hand was forced when he drew the rail. Ghostzapper still had to set pretty quick fractions and was never challenged. If I remember the quote, it was more along the lines of 'a speed duel isn't good for either horse', but really, it would've been a lot worse for Roses in May. Assuming that Haskin's story is accurate and that Ramsey heeded Frankel's advice, it was the right move. Roses in May never could have run the race that Ghostzapper did.

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Well, isn't that sort of the intent of this thread?

If you're opposed to getting involved in "hypothetical matchup" debates, maybe refrain from piggy-backing off miraja's posts.

Got it, so I can't defend an opinion about a horse's ability without an accompanying desire to get into hours of debate over pretend races.