Best Horse of 2006

[Samarta]

This has been such a crazy year with the injury to Barbaro, the untimely deaths of a couple very nice horses that it is hard to say who is/was the best in 2006. For what it's worth here's my two cents.

In no particular order...

Barbaro - what a special horse, while I don't claim to be an expert, I've seen a lot horses run and I can't remember a horse hitting the ground as well as he did. If he stayed healthy, a return to the turf might have placed him among the all time great turf horses...

Bernardini - great year, multiple grade 1's and I think had he gotten a better ride in the BC he would have won there too....I thought Castellano moved way to early on him...easy to call that one from the living though I suppose...only knock I give him is the short and quality of the fields her ran against in the late Summer....

Invasor - 4 for 4 and the BC Champ....kinda takes me back 2 years...not trying to compare for all you Zapper fanatics...

Discreet Cat - might be the best of the lot, but doesn't have the credentials.....yet

Ouija Board - All class and a pleasure to watch. Resume speaks for itself....If she wins in Japan tonight, I think it should vault her to the top of many lists and truly one of the all time greats....

So with my two cents, I have to give the nod to Ouija Board....