Greatest Racehorse of all Time?

[steeveg]

The Coup by trainer /gambler ken payne opened my eyes to racing,ive still got a copy today ,
well worth the read

[tikay]

The Coup by trainer /gambler ken payne opened my eyes to racing,ive still got a copy today ,
well worth the read

I think you mean trainer/gambler/cheat......

Spiffing read, though!

[kenjude]

I find it too difficult/subjective to pick the best in horse racing terms.

So my favourites:

First chaser I loved was Door Latch. Overtaken of course by Dessie.......

...which ultimately led to my favourite hurdler being Muse for entirely personal reasons - a bit of him was mine from the end of his 3YO career until he retired when he did his tendon for the second time.

I love the stayers on the flat so Persian Punch was a favourite.

[Graham C]

Mr Ed and Champion

Haven't seen that many but I saw Rock of Gibralter a couple of times and he was amazing, a real whoosh horse and a joy to watch running so I'd go for him on flat.

Jumps, not sure, there's a few, but I like Kauto Star.

[Horneris]

In my lifetime, Istabraq.

[turny]

In my lifetime, Istabraq.

agree istabraq was a sensational horse and imo the best hurdler there ever was only stopped from a record 4th win in a row by the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001.
also see you then 10 years earlier won 3 in a row and also was a fantastic horse.

[ACE2M]

Lamtarra was my favourite flat horse ever, good story behind him aswell, still track record holder for epsom i think. Shame he only ran 4 races. There were some great horses around at that time.

[TightEnd]

I loved watching Nashwan, a huge bay colt

won the 2000 guines, the derby, the eclipse and the king george in the same season for Hern/Carson

Dancing brave was the most exhilarating I saw over a mile

a bit before my time, but Nijinsky I am told was the biz.

[brad.strider]

this is alot easier than the other best of forums.

flat:dancing brave the greatest horse that ever lived and never won a derby (jockeys fault bloody starkey!)

jumps: a little tougher but i think it has to be arkle

agree with you on both counts turny, dancing brave was awsome, i had a saver bet on sharastani at sixes i think, but i was still gutted when db lost, that race was very similar to the big one the rock lost over in the states!

[Karabiner]

Dayjur would have to be my pick for the best sprinter that i recall.

The Breeder's Cup sprint, where it was drawn on the extreme outside(like many fancied European horses have been) only to come with a storming run to win the race and then jumping a shadow on the track in the final 100 yards which caused him to lose in a photo.

Another stunning performance was that of Arazi in The Breeder's Cup Juvenile, where he came from the back of the field and what appeared to be a hopeless position, to weave his way through and win quite easily in the end.

But my all time favourite has to be One Man, the late Gordon Richards' "little rubber ball". Boy could he jump !