Top Thoroughbreds (2000 to present)

[Conrad]

Invasor !

[Invasor]

Originally Posted by Conrad

Invasor !

This.

I am obviously biased but: Pim Special, Suburban, Whitney, BCClassic, Donn.
Plus Dubai win. 6 consecutive grade 1 wins.
Only loss was at dubai of a 5 month layoff, before he started his USA campaign of five consecutive grade 1s.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Invasor

This.

I am obviously biased but: Pim Special, Suburban, Whitney, BCClassic, Donn.
Plus Dubai win. 6 consecutive grade 1 wins.
Only loss was at dubai of a 5 month layoff, before he started his USA campaign of five consecutive grade 1s.

I think Invasor could be as high as #3.

He was a power plodder and I definitely don't think he was as talented as Medaglia D' Oro or Congaree ... but his resume was in fact clearly better.

Some of his Grade 1 wins were over soft competition.

In the Pimlico Special, Wanderin Boy was 4/5 and Harlington 2/1.

In the Suburban, Wild Dessert and Andromidea's Hero were 2nd and 3rd.

In the Whitney, Sun King, West Virginia, and We Can Seek made up the 2 through 4 finishers.

In the Donn, Hesanoldsalt, and A. P Arrow were 2nd and 3rd.

Don't get me wrong, Invasor was an outstanding horse with a great resume ... but he won some very soft Gr 1's and his BC Classic win came in a fast paced 10f race that suits his power plodding style ... and his chief rival Bernardini (who I tried to beat) was the victim of a pretty terrible ride.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I think Invasor could be as high as #3.

He was a power plodder and I definitely don't think he was as talented as Medaglia D' Oro or Congaree ... but his resume was in fact clearly better.

Some of his Grade 1 wins were over soft competition.

In the Pimlico Special, Wanderin Boy was 4/5 and Harlington 2/1.

In the Suburban, Wild Dessert and Andromidea's Hero were 2nd and 3rd.

In the Whitney, Sun King, West Virginia, and We Can Seek made up the 2 through 4 finishers.

In the Donn, Hesanoldsalt, and A. P Arrow were 2nd and 3rd.

Don't get me wrong, Invasor was an outstanding horse with a great resume ... but he won some very soft Gr 1's and his BC Classic win came in a fast paced 10f race that suits his power plodding style ... and his chief rival Bernardini (who I tried to beat) was the victim of a pretty terrible ride.

I still get excited watching that Whitney Stakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW1331dchn8

Premium Tap was rounding into a decent horse. Wow was Flower Alley terrible as a 4 year old.

[dalakhani]

Did you consider orientate for older sprinter?

[outofthebox]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Did you consider orientate for older sprinter?

I overlooked him too. What a great way to finish off his career with the BC win. 5 graded stakes sprinting plus the Smile sprint. What i remember most is Tom Amoss knocking DWL and Orientate on TVG saying how sore the horse was going into the BC..

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Cardus

I think that Point Given was better than Smarty Jones.

Barbaro was better than both of them.