Horsey All Decade Team

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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think he's made a huge error in letting European form influence his selections.

I ignored European form.

How can you possibly explain Johannesburgh being ranked #1 after he ran a final time of 1:42.27 with a perfect trip ... the same day and same distance - Tempura went 1:41.49 and beat a mind-bogglingly strong group of females.

Tempura isn't even ranked in his top 3 ... he has Indian Blessing - who went WAY slower than War Pass ahead of her.

Absolutely no one can make a rational case arguing the 3yo crop of males from 2007 was better than the 3-year-old crop of males from 2000. That was a laughable statement.

Obviously Curlin can be rated #1 on accomplishments because he won a triple crown race and the BC Cup Classic.

He was also beaten 8 lengths in the Derby, beaten by a stumbling filly in the Belmont, soundly defeated in the Haskell, and in his BC Classic win ... the only older male that showed up was Awesome Gem and Curlin's final time was only slightly faster than a 2yo in War Pass.

I know Crist choose to 100% ignore speed figures in doing his ... so you can't knock him for where he placed Invasor .. but look at the horses Invasor beat after he was obliterated in Dubai by third time starter Discreet Cat....they all sucked except for Bernardini... and Bernardini had one of the all-time worst rides in BC Classic history and was clearly better.

I think he must still be suffering from side-affects of the Smarty Party because personally I just don't think we saw a race from Curlin that was as brilliant as Smarty's Preakness and Belmont. Also, only using Champions ends up with horses like Invasor over M D'O.