Raw Talent...

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Name the 5 most talented horses in the past 10 years, not the most accomplished or the ones with the most Grade 1's... Just those horses that we may have called freaks, all USA list.


Bernardini
Midnight Lute
Eskendereya
Point Given
Zenyatta

I actually think its a pretty neat Question this is from A Personel Experience a little earlier than 2000 I believe 1998(without looking it Up) We Broke An trained Chilukki from the first time we breezed her up until we sold her at fasig Tipton I thought she was an absolute freak. Still to this day when she made her debut at CD it was the biggest win bet I have ever made.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Round Pen

I actually think its a pretty neat Question this is from A Personel Experience a little earlier than 2000 I believe 1998(without looking it Up) We Broke An trained Chilukki from the first time we breezed her up until we sold her at fasig Tipton I thought she was an absolute freak. Still to this day when she made her debut at CD it was the biggest win bet I have ever made.

She was a total freak...

She broke her maiden with a 109 beyer first time out. 4.5 furlongs at Churchill in 51 flat winning by 9.5 lenghts.
At the time Cherokee Runs stud fee was 20k and she sold for 875k, I wonder what her sale work was. Doug?

[Round Pen]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

She was a total freak...

She broke her maiden with a 109 beyer first time out. 4.5 furlongs at Churchill in 51 flat winning by 9.5 lenghts.
At the time Cherokee Runs stud fee was 20k and she sold for 875k, I wonder what her sale work was. Doug?

Hmmm Good Question I want to say she went in 21 Flat and when she did it that was unheard of, I actually Checked Fasig tiptons Website they have an Archive for Under tack shows but it only goes back till 2003. Mitch

[Thunder Gulch]

Ghostzapper. Fastest horse the last 10 years.

Mineshaft. The best handicapper season since Cigar.

Curlin. As already stated, to go from a late debut to the Preakness with so little foundation against a good crop. He validated it later on.

Smarty Jones. Ran the 3 fastest spring sheet numbers ever at the time. Before he got to Churchill, he was the fastest they had on record. 3rd in the Belmont was 8 lengths back.

Point Given/Empire Maker. This is subjective. While both accomplished quite a bit- particularly PG's 4 straight million dollar races- I'm not sure we saw the best of them. I think either could have been a monster at 4.

Very difficult to leave off Barbaro, whom many think was better on turf, Rachel Alexandra, the best 3yo filly I ever saw, or Midnight Lute when he was healthy.