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[OTM Al]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Well, to be fair, some of the great Euro runners of the past excelled doing both. Look at two of their most recent "superhorses" in Zarkava and Sea the Stars. Both were good enough to win grade ones at 8f and also win the Arc the same year. In fact, Zarkava was not only good enough to win a grade one at 8f but she beat Goldikova while doing it. He can continue to dominate at a mile and maybe go down as one of the best milers ever but I think that in order to join the conversation as best ever period, he's going to have to show an ability to do a little more than just run miles.

To be clear, I don't think he is as good as advertised and certainly not even the best Euro I've seen in the past 2 or 3 years. However, I always love to hear this "best ever" criteria. Horses that run the shorter distances never can be best ever because they don't run at the middle distances, but middle distance runners can be the best ever without running the shorter distances. And I guess stayers and long distances are right out. Versitility is a trait of a great horse to be sure, but it seems to be applied only in one direction.