Greatest Living Racehorse?

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

However, the BSF hints that GZ came back down to earth.

But it was still a higher figure than Cigar ran in the '95 Woodward, or the '95 JCGC, or the '96 MassCap, or the '96 PacClassic.....which he lost....to Dare and Go.

This thread has turned into deconstructing all of Ghostzapper's wins. That's fine. But if we get back to comparing him to Cigar, don't Cigar's less than impressive performances in some of his wins (the '95 JCGC in particular) and some of his losses (the '96 PacClassic) bear some dissection as well?

In a way its a lot of hair-splitting. I think Cigar was an excellent horse, and I'd probably have him second on my list of living horses, but to me he never ran a race comparable to any of Ghostzapper's top performances. Cigar's '95 HGC and BCC were very good races, but I don't even think those two measure up to what GZ did in his last six races. For me that gives GZ the edge.