Best American Horse Since 2000: And your Top 10
 

I apologize if this type of question is already in the archives (I tried to find one similar and couldn't), and I'm sure the savvy crowd on here has likely heard this question before. However it kind of came up in another thread on here...

Who do you feel has been the best American bred (American raced) horse since 2000? And along with your best, what are your Top 10?

Parameters around this question are as such:

1. Must have been an American bred horse
2. Must have done the majority (80% majority) of their racing in America
3. Can be a male or female horse
4. The horse must be classified as a thoroughbred that runs in American races of at least 4 furlongs or more
5. Must have won at least a single Grade 1 race
6. Needs to have at least 2 years of racing
7. Horse can win the majority of its races at any distance, but preference should be made towards horses that run and win the majority of their races at a Mile or more.

What do you say?

My vote goes to Curlin

This is a quick go at it. Not in any real order either as that would take a lot of thinking about ;) A few of these are hard for me to put on here based on the number of races but oh well, would take a long time to think about this........

Ghostzapper
Point Given
Smarty Jones
Curlin
Zenyatta
Rachel A.
Tiznow
Afleet Alex
Big Brown
Empire Maker

That was just going off the top of my head, and Empire and Alex probably don't deserve making it based off them being done after TC or race immediately after. Would probably change a couple if I thought more about it.

Bernadini imo was better then Big Brown and Empire Maker

He was?

1.Curlin
2.Tiznow
3.Wise Dan
4.Z-yatta
5.Point Given

Is this based on talent or accomplishments? Or on who I actually believe were the most talented horses since 2000???????

Big Brown was not much horse. He was like this years Untapable. He beat up on horrible horses.

1. Ghostzapper
2. Bernardini
3. Zenyatta
4. Point Given
5. Commentator
6. Eskendereya
7. Quality Road
8. Tiznow
9. Curlin
10. Rachel

1.Ghostzapper
2.Point Given
3.Curlin
4.Invasor
5.Tiznow

Tiznow....

1. Invasor
2. Curlin
3. Ghostzapper
4. Point Given
5. Smarty Jones

Top ten is overdoing it...IMO.

If you're going back to 2000, I have to toss in some names like

War Emblem

Megdalia D Oro

Perfect Drift

If you are talking accomplishments at stud, throw in Harlan's Holiday.

Why would anyone be talking about accomplishments at stud? Megdalia D Oro I agree with. I might have been Perfect Drifts biggest fan, but if anything he underachieved. How did he lose that Whitney to Roses In May is still a great mystery. Even his close Stephen Foster loss to a 30-1 shot should have never happened....

Points well taken. But they're some of my favs along with GhostZapper.