Khalid Abdulla's Top 20 Racehorses

The top 20 best racehorses that have run in Khalid Abdulla's famous colours.
Looking at this list if you're an American race fan then you'll probably select Arrogate as the best horse here. The vast majority of British race fans would go with Frankel although I'm sure there would be plenty that would strongly argue for Dancing Brave.
Dancing Brave raced before I got into racing so for me Frankel is the best horse I've seen on this list. Enable is the finest filly here. I really feel that Zafonic from his 2 year old career through to his Guineas win was as talented as any in this video.
In Alphabetical Order:
All at Sea
Arrogate
Banks Hill
Commander In Chief
Dancing Brave
Empire Maker
Enable
Flintshire
Frankel
Kingman
Known Fact
Midday
Oasis Dream
Observatory
Rail Link
Rainbow Quest
Rousillon
Warning
Workforce
Zafonic

[@garyclarke4840]

Dancing brave in the arc sprinting past all them group 1 winners was unbelievable,,best flat race ever for me

[@chrisgilbody2573]

Try and put that lot in any sort of order incredible amount of great horses ! But for me Dancing Brave comes in first because I remember him as a 2yr old and I was so excited about seeing him as a 3 yr old he never met me down a blistering turn of foot and full of class smashing up the french was a great day in British horse racing.

[@seanmcmanus867]

There wasn’t a better performance on the day against top class opposition than Dancing Brave

[@ianh6930]

1.... Dancing Brave 2..... Frankel 3......Enable... Nice Vid

[@lutzgrellmann1053]

Dancing Brave was the complete classical horse, winning the Arc, Eclipse Stakes, King George and the 2000 Guineas, so from 1600 - 2400m, while the unbeaten Frankel was limited to 2000 m.

[@jimmysharkey1665]

All great horses and champions in there own right, but it is dancing brave for me what a superb horse but it was all down to the genius and vision of mr Khalid Abdullah rest in peace 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

[@thebay77sanfrancisco72]

Dancing brave the greatest ever, machine

[@theartfuldodger6500]

Dancing brave on that day was just a flying machine, 8 group 1 winners in a line and he took off and flew past.

[@watfordtripod]

Simply the greatest

[@keithwills3790]

Yep. That confirms it for me!!. Simply the best. Won at 6f,7f,1m,1m2f and 1m4f!!. But respect all opinions. Zafonic simply brilliant. Warning the wee warrior,pulled me out the shit a couple of times.. And of course the greatest jockey P Eddery RIP..

[@stevelee4952]

I was in Paris when Dancing Brave won the Arc. I will never forget how the French fans were cheering their horse, Bering, before Eddery brought DB wide. Great day, great memory, but Frankel was different class. Timeform rarely make a mistake.

[@robertogrive4141]

Timeform rates a race performance, not a horse's career. Frankel was incredible but ran in the second league (the mile). Best European races are on 2400 m.

[@stevelee4952]

@@robertogrive4141 apart from winning at a canter in the best 10 furlong race in Britain?

[@robertogrive4141]

@@stevelee4952 This one wasn't a canter, the opposition was only one horse et it remains a second league category. Best European races are run on the classic distance (Arc, Derby, King George, irish Derby).

[@johnfaw]

The 1986 Arc is the best ever. DB made them look ordinary. Never in the history of the Arc were the first 5 home so highly rated. 140, 136, 132, 135 and 134

[@georgecouch1762]

Some unbelievable top draw horses with Dancing Brave and Frankel raising the bar to magical heights

[@iminc5498]

RIP Prince Khalid Abdullah

[@harryjananto9766]

Dancing Brave quickening pace is so Unbelievable....👍👍👍

[@fckem1000]

Some absolute superstars owned by a very sporting owner - he will be sorely missed.

[@mizofan]

Frankel and Dancing Brave probably KA's greatest, and among the all-time top half dozen

[@DUCSDREAM]

There can't be many people lucky enough to own so many wonderful horses ever!!

[@markunwin2109]

Frankel the one and only...

[@robertogrive4141]

Second league horse.

[@abdullahaboobakker1758]

All the horses are Legendary 🎉❤🎉😊

[@owenjohnson8336]

This is a brilliant video great to see the old horses in there too my uncle Dave looked after Known Fact and Rainbow Quest so they always are fond memories

[@alidammas3699]

Thank you so much Amazing moments .. Amazing races .. Immortal heroes I think Kingman's race at Goodwood should be here Lots of heroes have not seen them .. like the ROUSILLON and WARNING .. I'm really happy to watch them. Prince Khalid Abdullah made a glorious history with horse racing .. Certainly he is change the racing. For me, Frankel is the best at all times. Thanks again.

[@seanbryant9371]

Wow...what a fantastic trip down memory lane, watching many, who remain some of my all time favourites. For me, it will always be tight between Frankel and Dancing Brave for different reasons. The way Frankel won the 2000 G's was by far, one of the most extraordinary performances I've ever seen in a classic....and then Dancing Brave in the Arc....absolutely electrifying, against arguably, the strongest Arc field ever. My top 5 list.... Frankel/Dancing Brave Enable Warning Rainbow Quest

[@MrBlackhibee]

There's a difference between who was the best horse and who put in the best performance in my opinion. I remember that day that Warning won, on that day he absolutely hammered a top class field. Frankel and Enable are and were brilliant horses mind you.

[@paulcalderbank8016]

Brilliant watching these old race's Pat Eddrey was a brilliant jockey me Dad always backed him good memories

[@artfuldodger2623]

Distant View in the Sussex Stakes in 94 was very underated

[@davidmcmahon5234]

Agree 💯 about warning tremendous turn of foot super horse as was a ball of speed 😊

[@margaretmcgann9913]

Great stuff,. Wot a journey. Great to see pat eddery in his pomp !! How can we pick??. Go on then,. Zafonic in the Guinneas. Xx

[@johnfaw]

Dancing Brave is the greatest racehorse ever...and I was also a huge fan of Frankel

[@stuartsimms4579]

Love these old races i had £200 on dancing brave on arc as 16yr old boy.thought I was a millionaire. Pity it was over the top in breederscup' favourite horse of all time keep ure frankel

[@sirglaivius3460]

You pulled up a lot of devils here ! Thank you very much for that.

[@LeeThompson-pu6xf]

It was literally yesterday I was discussing how many brilliant horses K Abdullah has had and how lucky he'd been. I was a die hard Dancing Brave fan and he was really the first horse that sparked my interest in the sport. I would have argued to the end he was the best I'd seen, that was until Frankel came along and I had to sadly admit the great horse had been eclipsed by what was in my opinion a freak that has never and will never be rivaled. That said there are some fantastic horses in this list, Warning was a favourite from my early days, Rainbow Quest was such a sweet travelling horse and Zafonic was a monster on his Day. In recent years I think Kingman was probably under rated and would have given any horse on this list at least something to think about over a mile. Great list, great memories and here's hoping Enable wins another KG on Saturday.

[@LeeThompson-pu6xf]

Sorry Kevin but that's a ridiculous argument. By that standard Dayjur, Pebbles, El Gran Senor, Nashwan and a hundred more who never won an Arc could not be considered greats? It's not the races you win but the standard and rating you achieve that should separate the greats from the rest. I understand people will argue otherwise, Red Rum was a great as was Best Mate but I could name a hundred better jump horses than these two over the last 50 years. I respect your opinion and I assure you I know my racing and for me Frankel was, and will be THE best for a lifetime past and future. Hope you're keeping safe.

[@pauldonohoe3646]

Frankle🙈😂Keep the hype going there lads. Dancing Brave would have whooshed by him before he knew what was happening. Times, distances and the opponents he beat are the only proof you need to know he is the greatest.

[@marksudlow5083]

Warning was underatted, would have won the guineas if not injured....

[@jimhart11]

Frankel an absolute monster - one day we might see a horse his equal but I don't know when that will be

[@phobsdsr4326]

jim hart not so sure mate?! Would love it if one came along but in these times with these trainers, would he remain unbeaten? The great H Cecil is responsible for creating this horses legendary status. We will need to see another trainer like Cecil to see another Frankel and I would say we Frankel producing now, we have a chance for some nice horses to come but there are some other fabulous sires too.

[@stephenmex]

Dancing Brave

[@marknorris1381]

14 starts in two years. Is that what you call a monster. A monster wins over all distances, wins over sprint, middle distance and staying races at the highest level, and doesn't just have a handful of starts. There have been horses like that (very few) - Frankel isn't one of them.

[@rodneymckee8431]

He is not even juddmontes best horse never mind the greatest of all time

[@jamescarpenter6585]

@@stephenmex great horse!…with a lot of spirit and an awesome turn of foot. I have a soft spot for him too, a good shout for second best turf horse of all-time...But in the cold light of day and without bias, Frankel is just a fact!

[@markheckingbottom8245]

It was a top class QE11 that warning won doing handsprings but frankels achievements through three seasons will never be matched.

[@GeorgeFreeman55]

Great vid

[@johncossette2247]

They (Juddmonte) must be the best of this century and maybe last - so many champions on this list. Think of all the stars who didn't even make the list, like Sightseek (who should definitely be on there), Twice Over, Ventura, Tates Creek, Intercontinental and Heat Haze.

[@phobsdsr4326]

Twice over and Danehill top horses for sure.

[@miguelramirez-bf3jm]

John Cossette and Close Haches

[@alioucisse1548]

Dancing Brave, Frankel and Enable in that order top 3

[@biggdogg99848]

Zafonic probably the most underrated racehorse of all time that horse was up there with the best along with commander and chief also underrated

[@qtancourt371]

Great list. But Juddmonte had two runners in the US who definitely belong: Sightseek, and Tinner's Way.

[@richfairclough123]

Great ride on Observatory, fast, late and wide, didn’t give the Giant a chance to fight back. Only way the horse was getting beaten bar getting the reins tangled...

[@petewarnock9080]

Zafonic was the best of them all,,frankel was a beast but he kept beating an average bunch over and over,,zafonic made true greats of the flat look like statues.

[@phobsdsr4326]

Pete Warnock I wouldn’t call Excellebration, St Nicholas Abbey, Cirus Des Aigles and Farrh ‘an average bunch’ but I get your drift. I have only been watching flat horses closely since about 2005 or so but I have seen footage and Zafonic looked unreal. What was his trip??

[@petewarnock9080]

@@phobsdsr4326 at 1m I think zafonic was different gravy to everything

[@phobsdsr4326]

Pete Warnock wow, that says a lot. I love the mile trip. Mainly because of the Guineas and other Group races in UK. I think the best horses are the ones who are best over a mile. Mixes speed with stamina. Most top milers were very good 2yr old sprinter. What decade was Zafonic

[@petewarnock9080]

@@phobsdsr4326 zafonic raced in the early 90s,,was a joy to watch

[@phobsdsr4326]

sleeplessinsale no doubt, I missed a major era in racing. I will have only just turned 36 by the time the Greenham is run this year. My dad fills me in with the history. I remember watching ch4 racing with him during the late 80’s - mid 90’s but during my teen years missed a chunk of racing and then got back into it in my 20’s but I’m a research freak, I try to get all the knowledge/info I can on great flat horses

[@fazraf5273]

Frankel did not run in the ARC or the BREEDERS cup Dancing Brave did and won the ARC. The only reason that he lost the Derby was Greville Starky rode him wrong, he made very late headway and lost by a whisker to Sharatani

[@irishman6517]

Saved the best for last, zafonic was something really special

[@phobsdsr4326]

Just sent my dad this video and he’s loving it but said many greats have been forgotten. He just sent me a video of ‘Xaar - 1997 Dewhurst’. Had no luck in running but put that race to bed with minimum fuss.

[@artfuldodger2623]

Class Horse Xaar

[@keithwills3790]

Another wee warrior..

[@seanmcmanus867]

Dancing brave no 1

[@jamescarpenter6585]

1Frankel. 2Dancing Brave. 3Enable. It’s about Frankel’s body of work. That horse just got too valuable to risk but he would’ve cruised The King George and The Arc, there were no horses on the planet that could’ve upset him...Dancing Brave’s Arc was wonderful. Enable’s Arcs and Breeder’s legendary....But it was front page news if Frankel won by less than six lengths!!!...all comers humbled.

[@jasonfox4857]

If Cecil thought Framkel could of won a King George or an Arc then he would of ran him in them as he loved the big 1m4f races...he clearly knew he wouldnt stay 1m4f so didnt risk him losing.

[@jamescarpenter6585]

@@jasonfox4857 don’t agree....Frankel had become such a superstar there was no need to test him especially given the size of the field and lottery of the draw in the Arc. Frankel’s performances in the Juddmonte against Fahyrr and St Nicholas Abbey where he was on a different planet going away at a canter against proven G1 winners and stayers...and then the way he glided past the world’s most proven soft going middle distance stayer in Cirrus Des Aigles, leaves me in no doubt. Frankel simply didn’t need to do any more, he trounced everything. Although I do admit that he may have been a risk at twelve furlongs earlier in his career but Sir Henry calmed him down and Queally was better able to hold him back...but that Juddmonte put the whole argument to bed.

[@andrewduggan1018]

Frankel was never in dancing braves league beat the same horse 3 times struggled at ascot when nearly caught by a carthorse. He won a crap guineas no horse from that race ever won a race . Frankel beat a pile of crap dancing brave beat top class horses

[@unbeaten04berry4]

Nearly caught by zoffany who should of won goldikovas last breeders cup with a run , and look what zafonic has bred , no such carthorse

[@jamesbaker6834]

Dancing brave in my eyes then Enable because frankle never ran outside this country and beat the same horses now kingman was special arrogate won a breeders cup race

[@geelb-fe7ef]

Was that the one and only time Kris was beaten?

[@davidmarsden3140]

Missing Bellotto and Xaar for me

[@user-wp6cl7sr3w]

Kingman Missing here

[@CwRedcloud]

Pat Eddery rowing away 😎

[@phobsdsr4326]

Chris Williams a true great. A jockey you could trust with your cash wearing these colours

[@PaulDanny-dr7jw]

Frankel

[@onenine73_]

Most of those horses had one or two great performance that marked them out as a great, for me for a long time Dancing Brave was Abdullah's best horse (even though in my opinion his Arc win wasn't his best performance as he beat the iron mare Triptych by much further in both that year's Eclipse & King George). Frankel's consistent brilliance at 2 (Royal Lodge), 3 (2000g, Sussex St & QE2) and 4 (Lockinge, Queen Anne St, Sussex St, Juddmonte) left me in no doubt that he is now the best horse Abdullah has owned (he even said it himself when asked) and for those who think he beat an average bunch of horses should remember he beat 23 individual G1 winners who had amassed 50 G1 wins in total - he had a cummulative winning distance of 76L. He was a freak of a horse which is borne out by his 11L Queen Anne win over 8 furlongs (for which he got his 147 Timeform rating) which saw him clocked at 10.58 sec for his third last furlong, which just so happened to be quicker than any of the sprinters achieved in the whole of the five furlong King’s Stand Stakes run on the same day.

[@gored6248]

The best horse ever is Frankel, no debate. The best horse from the past is dancing brave no doubt.

[@robertogrive4141]

Frankel ran in the second league (aka the mile). How a second league horse, although great, can be considered the best horse ever ? 🤔

[@gored6248]

@@robertogrive4141 Frankel won the juddmonte over an extended 1 mile 2 against a proper group 1 field, full of champions. He went passed st Nicholas abbey on the bridle!! No horse could just walk passed st Nicholas abbey on the bridle!

[@robertogrive4141]

@@gored6248 Premier league : 1m4f Second league : 1m2f Third league : 1m That's it. Frankel was incredibly brilliant but he ran between second and third league.

[@gored6248]

@@robertogrive4141 he would have won the arc on the bridle no doubt. Awful weak French and Japanese horses.

[@robertogrive4141]

@@gored6248 if... would... if... would...

[@unbeaten04berry4]

Watch frankels guineas

[@andysing72]

Danehill

[@teyibmed1625]

Arrogate, Enable and Frankel are the best racehorses ❤️🖤

[@artfuldodger2623]

Enable was not a better horse at a mile and a half than Dancing Brave nor was Frankel a better 10 furlong horse than DB.

[@genestrachan5040]

That Arc field Dancing Brave beat is ducumented as the greatest ever assembled anywhere

[@keithwills3790]

@@genestrachan5040 Agree 100%. The greatest. All about opinions. But Zafonic would have gave Frankel a run for its money up to a mile..

[@pauloliver1842]

your missing 'zafonic'

[@pauloliver1842]

sorry i justsaw the best was last

[@marvinduque521]

Too bad Frankel was never brought to the States. But Frankel would not have made the 12 furlong distance of the BCTurf. If Frankel ran in the mile, it would still not be worth it bec top champions don’t win the Mile; they win the BC Turf.

[@leistermonk3039]

Mm hi

[@davidmarsden3140]

Over a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half Dancing Brave for me. Over a mile Zafonic as at his best could see him picking Frankel off.

[@keithwills3790]

Zafonic was special. And Dancing brave for me the greatest in best Arc field ever. But a wee soft spot for the little one!! WARNING... Magic..

[@kevinharrison5009]

Zafonic was just incredible, probably one of the very few that could have seriously challenged Frankel over a mile.

[@paulgeczi2276]

When you think about khakid abdullla has easily had the best horses ever and you. Oils say enable frankel dancing brave would be in any top 5 or maybe too 3 of all time and then you have zafonic one of the best Guineas winners ever . Also liked xaar has a two year old who should have done better has a 3 year old .

[@barbaradyson6951]

I often wonder what drugs they use on their horses in america

[@peggypapczun2906]

Everything but heroin. It is a disgrace.

[@rodneymckee8431]

The superb and overrated frankel

[@unbeaten04berry4]

Greatest of all time frankel

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@unbeaten04berry4 all on opinions and imo he's no3 in my time watching racing behind Sea the Stars and Rock of Gibraltar

[@johnpurdie3281]

Nashwan

[@seanmcmanus867]

Dancing Brave would have beaten Enable by 5