THe Blood-horse free handicap for older males of 1981 (at 10f) compiled by F.E. Kilroe (turf horses deleted):
129-John Henry
127-Flying Paster
123-Temperence Hill
122-Eleven Stitches
122-Tahitian King
121-Super Moment
121-Tunerup
120-Amber Pass
120-Irish Tower
120-Wickerr
This is not a new complaint. Wickerr won a G2 and a listed race on dirt; Irish Tower won 2 G3s and a listed race, but was second in the Met Mile. Tunerup hadn't even won a stakes race, but had been second in a G1 and a G2. Finding a top 10 isn't easy in many years.
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