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[Calzone Lord]

Some recent horses who set or approached monster speed figures at age 4:

Ghostzapper, Formal Gold, Candy Ride, Mineshaft, Congaree, Mazel Trick, Commentator, Lava Man, Lawyer Ron, Midnight Lute, Groovy ran his 132 and 133 Beyers at age 4.

The fastest figure horses in all of history -- Gun Bow, Discovery, Spectacular Bid, Coaltown etc. did by far their best damage at age 4.

Harbinger ran the fastest Turf race I've ever encountered at age 4:




Mossflower is a forgotten horse who also freaked at age 4 and went to the sidelines:



The good filly Mariah's Storm -- dam of Giant's Causeway -- ran a 120 Beyer at age 4. Inside Information freaked at age 4 and won the Breeders Cup Distaff by a pole over a great group.

Lady's Secret obviously freaked in a big way at age 4.

Phar Lap was invincible at age 4 -- winning four different Group 1 races in a span of 7 days including the Melbourne Cup under 138lbs giving big weight all-around.

[blackthroatedwind]

I have talked about Mossflower quite a bit recently. She's hardly forgotten.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I have talked about Mossflower quite a bit recently. She's hardly forgotten.

Yeah -- I put her in and didn't mention Dr. Fager and Tom Fool -- who were both supreme monsters at age 4 as well.

[tiggerv]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Yeah -- I put her in and didn't mention Dr. Fager and Tom Fool -- who were both supreme monsters at age 4 as well.

I was just about to suggest Dr Fager. His 4yo year was as good as anyone.

[goodcopy]

Originally Posted by tiggerv

I was just about to suggest Dr Fager. His 4yo year was as good as anyone.

on his day the fastest ever!

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Some recent horses who set or approached monster speed figures at age 4:

Ghostzapper, Formal Gold, Candy Ride, Mineshaft, Congaree, Mazel Trick, Commentator, Lava Man, Lawyer Ron, Midnight Lute, Groovy ran his 132 and 133 Beyers at age 4.

The fastest figure horses in all of history -- Gun Bow, Discovery, Spectacular Bid, Coaltown etc. did by far their best damage at age 4.

Harbinger ran the fastest Turf race I've ever encountered at age 4:




Mossflower is a forgotten horse who also freaked at age 4 and went to the sidelines:



The good filly Mariah's Storm -- dam of Giant's Causeway -- ran a 120 Beyer at age 4. Inside Information freaked at age 4 and won the Breeders Cup Distaff by a pole over a great group.

Lady's Secret obviously freaked in a big way at age 4.

Phar Lap was invincible at age 4 -- winning four different Group 1 races in a span of 7 days including the Melbourne Cup under 138lbs giving big weight all-around.

Akinemod 119.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Some recent horses who set or approached monster speed figures at age 4:

Ghostzapper, Formal Gold, Candy Ride, Mineshaft, Congaree, Mazel Trick, Commentator, Lava Man, Lawyer Ron, Midnight Lute, Groovy ran his 132 and 133 Beyers at age 4.

Congaree was pretty slow as a 4yo until his final start that he parlayed into a monster 5yo season.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Congaree was pretty slow as a 4yo until his final start that he parlayed into a monster 5yo season.

Yep.

The Cigar Mile at age 4 was the race where he broke Spectacular Bid's 22+ year record for fastest Ragozin figure and he also crushed the all-time Thoro-Graph record in that race.

The Thoro-Graph record would be broke and re-broke a few more times -- including once in Mineshaft's lone loss at age 4 -- until Ghostzapper and Midnight Lute re-set them.

By the year 2000 -- the scale was starting to get out of hand -- and horses were becoming much faster at all class levels.

[Revidere]

This is one great thread.

The title does it no justice. I could close my eyes and see these races in my mind.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Revidere

This is one great thread.

The title does it no justice. I could close my eyes and see these races in my mind.

More like see them through your lens eye.