Which horses were truly great?

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I would be hard pressed not to include Cigar, Skip Away, Alysheba, Ferdinand, Manila, Lure, Miesque, Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Ladys Secret, Inside information, John Henry, Ruffian, maybe All Along

To me having 22 that fit the definition of elite of the elite is already too many, you have to draw the line somewhere. All those horses could certainly be called great without an argument but were they truly elites of the elite on the level that the other horses were?