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Originally Posted by the little guy
He has to prove that he belongs in that category, and he hasn't done that. It's not about saying he isn't....it's about saying unequivocally that he is.
Ghostzapper didn't have a lot of starts, but his loss in the King's Bishop, his Vosburgh win, his Iselin, his Woodward, his BC Classic, and finally his Met Mile eclipses Flightline.
Was Formal Gold an all time great? His Iselin and Woodward sure looked all time great. Arguably, he ran more great races than Flightline.
Perspective.
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I'd only say the races Ghostzapper ran at a mile+ trump what Flightline has done so far, and obviously that comes with the caveat that Flightline is still racing. If he devastates the field in the Classic, the comparison to Ghostzapper is more than valid. If he retired today, it is still a fun comparison to what "might have been" for Flightline.
What sucks is that there isn't a horse that can touch Flightline, there's no Saint Liam types lurking around nor are there any Pleasantly Perfect's because the field Ghostzapper beat in the Classic was possibly the greatest Classic field ever.
