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12-13-2009, 05:00 PM
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BloodHorse 12 Best Colts of Decade...
Thought it might be fun if we choose our best 12 from the list the Bloodhorse choices...they are in alphabetical order...wether or not we agree on the 12, these are the ones the Bloodhorse picked:
Afleet Alex
Barbaro
Bernardini
Curlin
Ghostzapper
Invasor
Lost in the Fog
Mineshaft
Point Given
Smarty Jones
Street Sense
Tiznow
They obviously left out several we would have put on the list...and from these 12, man, I think it's hard to choose in what order to rank them.
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12-13-2009, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by joanied
Thought it might be fun if we choose our best 12 from the list the Bloodhorse choices...they are in alphabetical order...wether or not we agree on the 12, these are the ones the Bloodhorse picked:
Afleet Alex
Barbaro
Bernardini
Curlin
Ghostzapper
Invasor
Lost in the Fog
Mineshaft
Point Given
Smarty Jones
Street Sense
Tiznow
They obviously left out several we would have put on the list...and from these 12, man, I think it's hard to choose in what order to rank them.
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He may have been one of the greats had he not been cursed, but I don't see how Barbaro can make that list. I loved him, and was greatly saddened when he died, but he doesn't have the record or longevity required to be in the top 12.
Ghostzapper had a 4-5 race and four month career. Is that list saying that no other worthy horses ran in the past decade to beat out a summer romance horse like Ghost?? I guess the males have sucked it up in the 2000's if that's the case.
Last edited by tucker6; 12-13-2009 at 07:01 PM.
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12-13-2009, 07:34 PM
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Best 12 Colts:
Peyton Manning
Bob Sanders
Dwight Freeney
Marvin Harrison
Dallas Clark
oh! you meant the best 12 colts...my bad
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12-13-2009, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tucker6
He may have been one of the greats had he not been cursed, but I don't see how Barbaro can make that list. I loved him, and was greatly saddened when he died, but he doesn't have the record or longevity required to be in the top 12.
Ghostzapper had a 4-5 race and four month career. Is that list saying that no other worthy horses ran in the past decade to beat out a summer romance horse like Ghost?? I guess the males have sucked it up in the 2000's if that's the case.
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What male in the last decade was a better horse than Ghostzapper?
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12-13-2009, 08:19 PM
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that list seems to be lacking many of the faster, older horses in favor of 3 yos. Bleh.
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12-13-2009, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Dahoss9698
What male in the last decade was a better horse than Ghostzapper?
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Mineshaft.
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12-13-2009, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by FenceBored
Mineshaft.
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Gulp.
Where's Bing-Bang-BOOOM when you need him?
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12-13-2009, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by FenceBored
Mineshaft.
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Ghostzapper would have eaten Mineshaft's lunch.
NT
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12-13-2009, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by FenceBored
Mineshaft.
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The same Mineshaft that was outfinished by Perfect Drift? I'm kidding, sort of. On that list (which was awful by the way) I had him 3rd or 4th to Ghostzapper. But in my opinion he wouldn't have been able to run early, or late with Ghostzapper.
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12-13-2009, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Bochall
Best 12 Colts:
Peyton Manning
Bob Sanders
Dwight Freeney
Marvin Harrison
Dallas Clark
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i'd like to revise that list
johnny unitas
lenny moore
alan ameche
bert jones
raymond berry
art donovan
john mackey
gino marchetti
jim parker
bubba smith
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12-13-2009, 10:04 PM
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Big Brown
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Florida Derby
Kentucky Derby
Preakness Stakes
Haskell Inv
Monmouth Stakes
Last edited by MNslappy; 12-13-2009 at 10:06 PM.
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12-13-2009, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bisket
i'd like to revise that list
johnny unitas
lenny moore
alan ameche
bert jones
raymond berry
art donovan
john mackey
gino marchetti
jim parker
bubba smith
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They all played this decade? Check the name of the thread.
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12-13-2009, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by chickenhead
that list seems to be lacking many of the faster, older horses in favor of 3 yos. Bleh.
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The reason the list is lacking is because the BH has downsized their staff considerably over the past few years and most of the people working their do not even follow racing; they are slaves to the breeders/TOBA, aka their advertisers.
If I voted using their list, I would put Lost in the Fog at the top. Any horse that can win a graded stake with lethal cancerous tumors enveloping his spine is lengths ahead of the field. I know we covered this in another thread, but his win in the Aristides at CD is very emotional for me, especially with good ol' Luke's call of "the champ is back" as he crossed the wire.
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12-14-2009, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by bisket
bert jones
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bisket, bert jones is actually my favorite player of all time!! in first grade i used to have an old #7 jersey that i'd wear to school about every other day!!
as for this thread i'd say dubai millennium was the colt of the decade.
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12-14-2009, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by joanied
Thought it might be fun if we choose our best 12 from the list the Bloodhorse choices...they are in alphabetical order...wether or not we agree on the 12, these are the ones the Bloodhorse picked:
Afleet Alex
Barbaro
Bernardini
Curlin
Ghostzapper
Invasor
Lost in the Fog
Mineshaft
Point Given
Smarty Jones
Street Sense
Tiznow
They obviously left out several we would have put on the list...and from these 12, man, I think it's hard to choose in what order to rank them.
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Medaglia d’Oro, a winner of nearly $6M and one of the best middle distance horses to run during the decade should be included on the BH list; it doesn’t hurt that in 17 lifetime starts he toted less than 121 pounds only twice and failed to finish less than second in any of his races only two times.
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