Frankel

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Because to say anything otherwise would come close to legitimizing Frankel and we just can't have that. I honestly believe that if we had a board like this when Secretariat ran his Belmont or when Spectacular Bid ran his 1:57 4/5, there's a certain group of skeptics on here that would have found fault with those performances. I understand not just jumping in head first whenever we see something that appears to be great and I understand wanting to take the time to analyze it. But sometimes it's ok to admit you've seen greatness and it's ok to appreciate it. People are naturally reluctant to place anything new onto the same level or higher than that which they've romanticized for a long period of time. I get that.

So far, just myself and DrugS have said anything that didn't stamp Frankel as an all time great.

Neither of us said his race sucked, or were critical of Frankel, or said he wasn't a great horse.

All I am trying to say is that people completely lose any sort of historical perspective when they talk up a horse like they are doing with Frankel, or did with Zenyatta.

What the fugg is so hard for you to understand about this?

Frankel as one of the top three milers of the last century? That's ludicrous!

I'd be hard pressed to put him in the top three of the last eleven years.