Legends of Horse Racing: TOP 10 Greatest Thoroughbreds of All Time

[@НодирМахмудов-н3ф]

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[@top10picks-races]

Thank you for you comment!

[@jenniferbeyer6412]

Great update. And including some more of the great horses.

[@top10picks-races]

Thank you very much for your feedback Jennifer!

[@guardiaguardia3017]

Thank you for updating your list. And from now on. Remember; there is Secretariat, and then everyone else.

[@top10picks-races]

Thank you for your comment Guardia!

[@dnice8451]

Great list

[@top10picks-races]

@@dnice8451 Thank you for your feedback!

[@Nala7813]

Seattle slew is in some ways. a little better.

[@johnnywires943]

Maybe for America but he did not run in Britain,so you really cant say that.

[@EdmeshZstead]

Very good video. There are also many good horse breeds out there that we need to learn

[@top10picks-races]

Thank you very much for your feedback Edmesh!

[@MarkSherlock-p5x]

Phar Lap, a true champion good to see him on the list.

[@connorduke4619]

This is a very good list! If you are talking horses that could perform up to 12F, three main omissions are Ribot from Italy., Sea Bird II from France and Mill Reef (a cousin of Secretariat) from UK. Ribot and Sea Bird II are traditionally regarded as the greatest horses f their decade (50s and 60s) and as top five all time horses. I would drop out Deep Impact (Japanese racing is traditionally weaker and his conformity was not special), Sea Biscuit (run a long career but not a consistently great one) and Black Caviar (sprinter only). Furthermore, Kelso and Dancing Brave are top 10 all time 12F horses, Frankel and Zenyatta were truly great horses but never attempted that distance. Also American Pharoah hovers around that top 10 12F horse mark as well, with his triple crown and 2nd fastest Belmont of all time.

[@top10picks-races]

Thank you for your detailed comment Connor! We appreciated your time and insights.

[@ronaldbarnes3327]

And Kelso won the Jockey Club Gold Cup five years in a row at the unheard of distance of 2 miles. Before the Breeders' Cup, Belmont hosted many championship events in September and October and the JCGC was one of them.

[@connorduke4619]

@@ronaldbarnes3327 Kelso was a true champion. It would have been interesting to see him versus Secretariat over 2 miles.

[@ronaldbarnes3327]

@@connorduke4619 Yes! Secretariat won all 3 of his starts at 12f. (2 on turf). But, upon autopsy, one vet revealed that he had the largest heart the vet had ever seen. So, perhaps the longer the distance the better.

[@connorduke4619]

@@ronaldbarnes3327 At some point body mass is likely to kick in. Look at human middle and long distance runners, they are built much lighter than sprinters. The greatest 2 miler in history was Kelso, a much more lightly built horse. Kelso would have been an epic challenge for Secretariat to come up against over 2 miles.

[@Ned-e9o]

Frances Dunne was asked who was the better horse - Man O' War or Secretariat? His reply - "Neither! I saw Phar Lap." Dunne was a long-time steward and saw many of the champions race in America. He was there at Agua Caliente in 1932 to see the great gelding win. The race is on KZbin.

[@TheProfessorOfLife]

Secretariat only raced through his 3-year-old season. Phar Lap was at his best AFTER the age of 3, AND he never raced in the United States, even though he died here.

[@jjsmith4829]

tony morris in his book A CENTURY OF CHAMP;IONS gives a balanced assessment of Secreariat, Man o War and Phar Lap

[@Steven-r2w9b]

@@jjsmith4829 Calling ANY analysis by an author or so-called "expert" as "balanced" is STILL going to be a SUBJECTIVE analysis. EVERYBODY has their own opinions. In my educated opinion, Secretariat is the greatest thoroughbred racehorse in HISTORY, especially when you consider the fact that he accomplished MORE than any other racehorse in a VERY short amount of time, only racing through the age of three. #2 on my list is Spectacular Bid. #3 is Citation. #4 is Phar Lap, and an argument can be made that Phar Lap should be #2. And on and on and on. I would place Man o' War somewhere between #8 and #10 for a VARIETY of reasons, mostly related to the fact that he raced over 100 years ago.

[@nichiren280767]

Picking a top ten all time list is obviously very subjective. Good to see Frankel in the Top 10. I'd personally place him in the top 5.

[@Mate-My-Day]

I'd like to see if those horses can carry what Phar lap had to in the 1931 Melbourne cup without breaking down or getting 8th or higher Thats why in my opinion Phar Lap should be no.1

[@david1044]

@@Mate-My-Day 12 stone is about 140 lbs. Exactly what Dr Fager ran a 1:59 flat, under restraints in the Washington Handicap. Not knocking Phar Lap...but Just like Secretariat, he too, would have had a decent view of the Doctors hind quarters.

[@Ned-e9o]

@@david1044 Please check your maths because a stone equates to 14 pounds.

[@david1044]

@@Ned-e9o well hell...I had it at 13.4 lbs..so what is 12.1 stone equate too. Damn, according to you...152 lbs...damn!! That's criminal!!

[@RissaFirecat]

Thank you for this list I am glad that Secretariat was number 1 here, lol!

[@top10picks-races]

Thank you for your feedback, Rissa!

[@joecolabelli4339]

MOW was 5 plus seconds SLOWER than SECR on a mile and a half track

[@HoodaThunkit-sj3lk]

I saw Secretariat's last race and stood less then ten feet from him as he walked through to the track, but to not have Red Rum on this list? And then the heart of Ruffian? Winx! Forego! and so many more.

[@hahahihi6123]

I agreed with your top 3 but not on the order. I would flipped it upside down. 1. Pharlap 2. Manover 3 secretariat

[@ronaldbarnes3327]

A nice list but strong North American bias. I would put most of these in the top 100 American horses. Who's missing? Kelso, Dr. Fager, Ruffian, Native Dancer, on and on. And then there's the Europeans. I'm glad you thought of Phar Lapp. Great movie. Well. we love our lists.

[@janetgallo5720]

I realize the secretariat is a bit ahead of man o war, and Zenyatta definitely belongs in that list, but I’m trying to figure out what happened to count fleet or forgo or Kelso

[@BidenOwesMeGasMoney]

Yeah, how can there be a top 10 horse list without Kelso!

[@TheProfessorOfLife]

The ONLY horse outside of the USA or Canada that I know enough about to have an educated opinion about is Phar Lap, so MY Top Ten list would include NINE U.S. horses and Phar Lap, with Secretariat ranked as No. 1 and Phar Lap No. 2.

[@rasaquepasa]

SECRETARIAT!!! 🤎

[@top10picks-races]

Legend!

[@timhutch6980]

if all these lists were made by yanks not sure it would be one - didnt win the most money, nor group ones and yankee racing is poor an no money.

[@darrenwarby32]

Frankel at 7 wow !!!!

[@johnmclain3485]

There are a lot of racehorses and it is quite hard to put together a list of top ten horses based on winnings. if the channel added all the horses y'all wanted them to add, the title would be "top 30 greatest thoroughbreds of all time".

[@david1044]

How can you have a Top 10 without Dr Fager, Swaps, Kelso or Forego? And your #10 should be #1. There wasn't a single distance where the Bid wasn't faster than Secretariat. He still holds the world record for the most coveted champions distance in 1:57.70. and he did that under restraints. A full 8 lengths faster than Secretariats best. He never lost with a 130lbs or more. Citation could never win with that kind. of weight. Excluding Bids Belmont, where he was injured and never changed leads the entire race, he was never passed in the stretch..imagine that. His 1980 undefeated campaign is considered the greatest in history by any horse. And Zenyatta.... wow! Not even top 50. Hats off on the Phar Lap choice though. Noor beat Citation 4 straight times. Even spotting him weight...I never can figure how Citation makes these lists..and Noor doesn't.

[@Greinton940]

As you should know Citation in all likelihood wasn't nearly the same racehorse in 1950 that he was in 1948 after that osselet injury.

[@david1044]

@@Greinton940 Yes, the injury may have had some effect. But he had no trouble beating other horses while achieving fast times. But not Noor. Even when Noor was spotting him 8 lbs. You can speculate all you want. But in the annels of racing history. Citation lost to Noor 4 times. Noor held the world record for the champions distance for 2 decades. Citation never won with the threshold weight of a 130 lbs or more. Many champions have failed at that roadblock. No shame. But Noor was simply better.

[@manafalmola318]

Man o war greatest horse of all time

[@bobascani6761]

Any list of top ten that omits Seattle Slew is invalid.

[@jeffainslie9691]

Frankel was the best

[@KennethPoole-y7z]

Mill Reef, Ribot, Sea Bird?

[@johnnywires943]

Frankel,Nijinsky,Shergar.

[@franktraina4147]

No John Henry. He would be in my top 10. 😎

[@sl-rt5kv]

Lists consistently fail to identify the greatest horse because there is no objective way to measure "greatest". Comparing horses in this way comes down to making apples vs. orange comparisons. To put this in perspective let's consider a horse who isn't even on this list - Round Table. Round Table won 43 races in just 4 years of racing, set 14 track, US, and world records, and carried 130-136 pounds to victory 17 times. 17 is more races than Secretariat won in his career, all of which he won carrying under 130 pounds. Round Table also raced 1 1/4 mile in under two minutes five times and ran it 1:58 and change carrying 132 pounds. Even though he scored most of his victories on dirt, many say he is the greatest grass horse of all time. There is no reason to believe that any of the other horses on this list had the ability to win 43 races in 4 years or 34 races in 3 years as Round Table did. They never did. Does that mean Round Table was the "greatest" horse? Of course not. These are apples vs. oranges comparsions.

[@johnnywires943]

Nijinsky before the virus with Lester Piggott on board,would give anyone of the a run for their money at Epsom.Loved it in 1990 when Royal Academy won the Breeders Cup,with Lester riding him at the age of 54.Royal Academy was a grandson of Nijinsky.

[@steveroman9553]

I don't know who put this list together, but it's useless. Anyone who thinks Zenyatta belongs in the top 10 of all time or that Seabiscuit was superior to Spectacular Bid should be in another business. In fact, the only horses that should remain on this list are Secretariat, the Bid, Citation and Frankel. If you leave out Man o' War, Sea-Bird, Brigadier Gerard and a few others, you simply don't know a thing about the sport. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but at least it should be informed.

[@KennethPoole-y7z]

Roberto seemed to beat Brigadier Gerard fair and square.

[@timhutch6980]

Secretariat massively overated- winx won the most group 1s and money. Man o war at 1 and winx at 2

[@andrewblackie7170]

Winx won the most winnings yeah you're right & won 33 consecutive races BUT she beat the same shit every year due to a fantastic trainer keeping her sound & Australian horses are pretty poor.

[@timhutch6980]

@@andrewblackie7170 haha - gesus mate, on any best of all time list would be Black Caviar, Winx and Phar Lap. 3 in the top 10 even though the seppos like to ignore anything else but there own horses which run in super low money races.... Australian Sprinters are the best in the world by about a country mile, ask any expert.

[@anrun]

Not a serious list.

[@timhutch6980]

I dont think this list is that bad- dominated by yankie horses but i dont there racing is very strong, but there is always a bias. The kentucky derby is 10 mil, which is not huge. If you know racing there is not a chance you could leave winx out of any top 10.

[@marckrank9970]

The Bid at 10, way to low, no reason to watch the rest of the video

[@thomasharding1838]

No horse has ever stood and I doubt any horse will ever stand with Secretariat.