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Smarty Jones.

I loved you list, but you were wrong about one thing: Eddie Arcaro said Kelso was the best horse he ever rode and not citation. I’ll post the statement below. Arcaro is best known for his magnificent handling of Kelso. They took 12 of their 14 starts together, twice setting a track record and twice equaling a track record. “I believe Kelso was the best horse I ever rode,” Arcaro once said. “He was Horse of the Year five straight years (1960-64), and that takes a lot of doing. And he hooked everybody, every place, on every kind of racetrack. He just was the best horse. Sprint, go a distance, run all day. He could do it all.”

My favorite horse of all times. I wish I could have met him ❤

Brent. you said the greatest race horse of all time that means any country in the world, so why isn't Phar Lap on your list.

My ALL TIME GREATEST list ranked from BEST then descending to 10th place: SEA-BIRD SECRETARIAT RIBOT BRIGADIER GERARD FRANKEL CITATION TUDOR MINSTREL MILL REEF SPECTACULAR BID BAYARDO

How can you say that two horse Flightline and Frankel who had two totally different careers, start and surface preference could be possible compared . Flightline race six times and one four grade , Frankel race 14 times and 9 grade ones. Flightline race at three and four Frankel raced at two three and four . Both are rated 140 by official ratings but timeform rate Frankel 4 above flightline , with many other horses like brigadier Gerard , Tudor minstrel and seabird also higher rated than flightline. Frankel was more suited to a mile Weil flightline prefers 10 furlongs . and the comment (Frankel would not come two lengths within fright line ) is is both wrong and impossible to say. So in my opinion, I think it is impossible and frankly wrong to compare these two horses. And announce one of them victorious . Also if you analyse zenyatas form her classic victory was on Synthetic surfaces and she only clinched one grade one with male Contenders , unlike some of the the turf great mares like black caviar winks and enable . so I think she doesn’t belong so highly on the list . However, I did enjoy learning about shared belief A horse I haven’t heard of previously, but now agree he is an underrated horse . And Frankel is better his form is much more promising and shows him beating top class horses in everyone of his races not just one ore two by large distances

I've been doing this study for 5 decades my family worked at the track back in the 30's and as a teenager I hot walked horses at Belmont late 60's to early 70's started hot walking for Chester Ross and then was picked up by Rokeby Stable via Elliot Burch & his assistant John Veitch (R.I.P.) John had hair back then. So I was around and walked many famous horses Arts & Letters Fort Marcy many more my favorite was Key To The Mint and I saw Secretariat Riva Ridge (who couldn't hold a candle to Key to the Mint when he was sound) all the horses of that era I regularly saw them everyday. Later on in life I moved to Saratoga and in my spare time I started really diving into this Greatest Horse Phenom and I came to the conclusion MAN O' WAR was without doubt the Greatest Horse the world has ever seen. I said this because I took thought modern horses were better WRONG! a LEGEND comes across our paths once in a lifetime and as Steve Harvey might say "So GOD decided to make the greatest racehorse the world has ever known and HE made MAN O' WAR Everytime I went into Barn 43 touched the walls or the floor I could feel a presents call it my mind wandering but I know he's there my opinion of course but there's something magical in Barn 43. The SPIRIT of MAN O' WAR

assume this was just an yankee list... If not I fear for your intelligence. Not only is American racing average in general, your races have no money....... Secretariat easily the most overrated horse of all time, only ran for a couple of years against poor horses.......

If Bill Shoemaker said that Spectacular Bid was the best he ever rode is quite the statement thinking he rode Swaps, Northern Dancer, Round Table, Buckpasser, Forego & John Henry to name a few WOW! The Bid must've been some horse

Yeah you're going to have ALOT of angry comments about this video so watch out & hire a bodyguard 😂 Good luck from Scotland 👍

Never heard of a place called Europe 😂

Candy Ride and Justify were so good they never got beat in multiple Gr 1 wins. Just saying.

Zenyatta is the super horse of the modern era , 19 on the trot, and beat the colts , sheer class

This is ridiculous Errors Fankel Nijinski etc etc what about the rest of the world

FOREGO belongs with Kelso in the top 5 not the top 15

Maybe the best in America but not the world.

No

We have been blessed over the last hundred and something years to have witnessed so many great races and horses...because of that its extremely hard to pick just 1 over everyone else...as far as the triple crown goes....Secretariats records will stand forever...his performance in the 73 belmont will go down as the best show of athletic abilities ever...

Dr Fager had his rival Damascus but everyone knows Damascus couldn't touch him without help from Hedevar. I would like to point out that Dr Fager's still standing, world record 1 mile, is one of the oldest horse racing records and by far set under the most weight, at one of the most common distances...and he was EASED to it

he talks to much off topic, geeze

Big Red was 16 for 21 , only a rabbit helped beat the Dr. Nerud was dumb for accepting Whitely's ploy.

4 yr old Fager beats Secretariat heads up from 6 furlongs to a mile and an eigth .....add more distance and MAYBE Big Red wins due to his freakishly large heart muscle. Onion outdueled Secretariat at Saratoga. when they hooked up in the stretch. Native Dancer was under rated

He is a great horse. I love him so much!! He could do anything from sprint to classic.

Love Big Money Mike. Colic and laminitis are the devil. // My 8 week old colt's sire, Tonalist, is the one who beat CC in the Belmont, denying him the 2014 Triple Crown. At 17.2 it is hard to beat his long stride on a good day (listed at "16.3"). Secretariat and A.P. Indy had the drop-down style for speed, like Shared Belief. Justify had an injury after the Belmont, so he had to be retired. His current stud fee is $200,000. Instead of shuttling him to Australia this year, they will bring a select group of mares to him this fall. Saw Curlin in June. He looks like no other horse I have seen, and I have seen almost all the current stallions. They said the same thing about Secretariat. Curlin looked like a red Friesian instead of a TB, legs thick like a tree. His son Good Magic looks a lot like him, just more normal TB sized. Arrogate, they never specify what neurological condition he had. I have looked. Saw Ghostzapper in June too. His is bigger than you would think and is almost black in person. His son Violence looks like him but had a swollen leg when I was there. It was wrapped. The say he needs more exercise. I am guessing your top 3 will include American Pharoah, Frankel and Flightline (who I got to pet at Lane's End, and well as his sire Tapit at Gainesway-just lucky I guess). //OOPS! How could I have forgotten Zenyatta? She definitely earned top 3. My mare had foals with 2 of the runners in the 2009 BCC, Summer Bird and Colonel John. Saw American Pharoah in November. He has beautiful light brown eyes. Justify was in Australia. I still have to see him // I KNEW you would pick Flightline. I simple saw a taped breeze and knew he was special before anyone knew his name. I was going to see him in person since I was in California, but I never made it to Santa Anita. He is the softest horse I ever touched. Felt like mink. He is also the smartest horse per Lane's End. He allegedly gets into stuff and has to be watched. //My colt is on the exact cross as Country Grammer, Tonalist on top and a 2008 Forestry mare on the bottom. He will be large compared to most colts. So, he might bully a little. He was pushing his mom out the way at 3 days old, and she is 16.2 and has 1200 pounds on him. In his defense, he was trying to run circles around her, but her butt was against the back wall. It had to move. Mom looks like Secretariat (double descendant). Colt looks like mom, missing the one white front sock and he will have a flaxen tail, thanks Tapit.

Ruined his career by stepping on a safety pin. That's got to be the most ironic thing ever.

secretariat still holds the record for all 3 triple crown races to this day time wise

I went and searched Ghostzappers' Breeder's Cup, and all I gotta say is, amazing...such a stud of a horse. And I did see that 'kick' u repeatedly stated! Awesome!

Wow, Mike Smith totally knew all about all of his MANY beautiful horses that he rode. Total respect to a wonderful jockey. 👏 💜

The only benefit of age was I saw on TV Secretariat run in the Triple Crown races as a kid. Facts regarding Belmont: 90° and 100% humidity at race time. Horses are herd animals, so by nature he should have wanted to stay with the pack. Ron did not ask him to run. He was only sweating on his neck and where the leather touched him. Secretariat and Sham were 1st cousins. Their mothers were half-sisters by Princequillo. I own a double great-great granddaughter of Secretariat. She looks a lot like him, down to the round rump and 3 white socks on the same legs. She is also descended from about 5 other of the horses on your list, Count Fleet, Man o’ War 4 times (3 through War Admiral), Dr. Fager, Native Dancer, Seattle Slew. She is also related to a few you mentioned, Round Table, Tom Fool. She just had a bright red colt by Tonalist. He is bred for distance and speed. In 2 years look for a 17HH red with a white tail thanks to Tapit.

Agree on Secretariat being #1 of all time, while I think American Pharaoh should be in the top 3 or 4 not only winning the triple think 2nd fastest Belmont stakes

Phar lap is not in Ur list the Australian champion than want over to race in American And become victorious then Sadly, passed away 4 days later. Phar lap

Phar lap is the greatest

We owned descendants of Man o’ War. They were super amazing athletes. I’m partial to him.

If you would have called it "The Greatest AMERICAN Race Horses of All Times" then I would very much agree with your list, but the US is not world. In my opinion the great Ribot stands clearly above Secretariat. After all Secretariat was beaten 5 times. Ribot was not only unbeaten, he was invincible and he got better with every race. It was really a pitty that he was retired at age 4.

You lost me right out of the gate. Zenyatta's connections prevented her from being considered one the greats by having her run all but two of her races against her own gender. Greatest mare? Maybe. Greatest racehorse, not close to top 10. Great horses race and beat other great horses, or at least race in open company. Beating up on California fillies for the overwhelming majority of her races is not what greats do. Even her best race, her Breeders Cup Classic win, is tainted as a number of the best dirt horses either skipped the race or had to run on a synthetic track; a surface the mimics turf. Einstein and Gio Ponti, pure turf horses, entered the Classic, and Gio Ponti ran well. It was a surface that warped the results. The year prior, two European turf horses finished 1-2 in the "dirt" classic on this turf-like surface. Her legacy is severely tainted. Don't blame the horse, blame her cowardly connections.

What about the overseas horses. Have a look at Winx in Australia.

I am just getting into horse racing, and I SO wish I was alive when Secretariat was with us. He was such a stunning boy, and like u stated, the GOAT Greatest Of All Time. I've been viewing several documentaries on him, and heard he loved the cameras, and was such a ham in front of them ♥️🤭

I play Euro only! Europeans run Tbreds the way they were born to run! on turf!

I guess it doesn't take much to stir up the anti-Secretariat trolls. Wow.

Brilliant stuff, i love your top 10's lists and agree with you totally, i think it would be great for you to to top 20's now and add some UK and Australian horses ETC, sure you must be following Winx, Black Caviar and Frankel

I agree with u.been watching them since 1955. Flightline best since Bid.Arrogate wud b 2 on my list. Nobody will ever know how good FL was,because the competition was not that great except LlG. But he put together 6 totally dominant performances , different tracks,distances, against the best of the time.Thanks for the vid

I am not wrong. Man O War is #1. Numbers don't best attitude and if they raced they would each run themselves to death rather than lose.

Really enjoyed this video. Didn't even know til recently that you had it out. It's a fantastic list, and I liked the points you made about American Pharoah. Your putting him in your top 20 of all time is definitely highly complimentary. I also have come around on the arguments made about Flightline. He was just so dominant in a consistent way in every one of his races. Short career yes, but he just seemed to be toying with his competition in his races.

As soon as I saw Zenyatta in a top 10 all time I knew this was going to be a load of nonsense. She is maybe, top 5 of her generation…. Definitely not top 2… no idea

Easy Goer Makes My Top 10....He Was 1 of The Most Brilliant Natural Talents in History of The Sport...He Was Also a Very Unlucky & Unfortunate Horse...The 89 Gotham is Still 1 of The Most Poetic Performances i Have Ever Witnessed....He Was Floating in The Stretch and What a GORGEOUS Horse He Was

Spectacular Bids 1979 Fla Derby is 1 of The Most Visually Impressive Performances in History of The Sport....Ghostzapper Would Beat Every Horse on Your List in My Humble Opinion...He Was an Absolute Legit Monster and Privilege to Watch Perform (When He Made it to The Races Anyway as He Was Always Coming off Long Layoffs)...Justify Accomplished a TON in Only 6 Starts But Would be Like 12-1 in a Field Against Horses on Your List...From Maiden to The Classic Flightline Was Otherworldly and Every Performance Was Absolute Effortless Brilliance...Did You Mention Gun Runner?...He Certainly Makes My List

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I would swap Bid and Slew . Spectacular Bid ran on many tracks and was incredibly consistent. Secretariat was defeated by Angle light , Onion and Prove Out in his 3 year old year .

You should put in the title , the greatest US horses of all time . Where's Winx , Black Cavier , Sea the Stars and the absolute beast Frankel ????