Top Thoroughbreds (2000 to present)

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I forgot about this gem.

How can you be confident in that?

You're being a complete idiot.

Just pathetically and painfully stupid.

Horses are rated by body of work. How hard is that to understand for anyone with an IQ over 60?

When you rate 2yo's you compare 2yo form VS 2yo form.

When you rate older horses -- you compare 4yo and up form VS 4yo and up form.

Candy Ride had one great race and two good races. Not enough body of work to rate with the best older horses .... why? Because he was didn't stay sound.

The fact that 2yo's like Uncle Mo, War Pass, Macho Uno, and Stevie Wonderboy were all a bunch of cripples doesn't disqualify them ... because their 2yo form is superior to the 2yo form of other champions of the decade.

In other words, soundness issues prevented Candy Ride from running more than one great race. Ghostzapper had 5 great races.

Horses like Uncle Mo, War Par, Macho Uno and Stevie Wonderboy all had more than one great 2yo performance.

[alysheba4]

G.Z. was the best since alysheba 4 year old campaign

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

G.Z. was the best since alysheba 4 year old campaign

Skip Away and Cigar in the 90's didn't quite get to his level of peak performance, but based on their body of work as older males, they would have to be rated above Ghostzapper.