I feel Black Caviar was a little hard done at 6th. 25 for 25 with 15 G1s is pretty hard to top. Also in the Diamond Jubilee race that was shown she tore 2 muscles in her back and still won, which is pretty insane to comprehend. Luke Nolen had to coast for the last 100, probably would've won 5+ lengths otherwise. Not to take anything away from the other horses, but you just can't top that.
Her record is amazing and she is the best sprinter I’ve ever seen. But i think that’s the problem. Most racing people outside Australia generally consider the important racing takes place between 1600 and 2400. Sprinting is not really considered that important outside Australia. In every other major racing nation (and in Australia before around the year 2000) the horses who win between 1600-2400 are considered the great horses. Maybe if her trainer had won 2 or 3 races at a mile like Vain and Manikato did she might have got a higher spot in the list.
By the way, I disagree with your assessment of her DJ win. I think she was fine until Nolen made her relax and then urgently pick up again 30m from the finish line. That’s the sort of event that would most likely cause that type of injury. There’s no other obvious point in the race where she is bumped by another horse or stumbles or breaks stride. I think the trainer got her preparation wrong and the jockey got the ride wrong and when she started to relax she was suddenly and unexpectedly asked to make another effort. Classic scenario for a muscle injury. I agree she should have won by 3+ lengths but not for the same reasons you do.
@@elgransenor1472 Your assessment of when the injury occurred has merit as a sudden bustle would make a case for a tear but Nolen said she didn’t feel right in running. Also she could have left it on the training track as she reportedly worked very well in the days before and horses can be over trained especially on unfamiliar courses . I’ll leave it up to the vets , injuries definitely not my expertise. However much as I would like to agree with you that she would have won by 3 plus I’ve watched the race several times and my assessment is that had Nolen not made that almost fatal blunder , (he admitted he didn’t see the challenges on the inside ) , the margin would only have been a length or so ,2 at the most . How far she was off her game is evidenced by the moderate former Aussie , Soul only a length behind in 4 th place . In Australia Soul would not get within 10 lengths of Black Caviar .
@@jakeg3296 I think Moody made two mistakes He shouldn’t have given her those two runs in Sth Australia, I think they flattened her followed by the travel I think that’s why she didn’t feel right to Nolen, she had gone over the top. He should have gone for the Kings Stand over 5f a bit fresher instead of the Jubilee
@@elgransenor1472 From memory that year the King Stand a few days earlier was a bog track ? It improved a bit on the Saturday. She handled soft tracks in Australia but as you said soft Australia isn’t like soft UK . By the way what did you think of the So You Think / USA coincidence that I posted ?
forgot one Legendary name !? that made a record that will never ever be broken !!! by winning 3 Melbourne Cups in a row !!!? The GREAT !! " Makybe Diva" !!
Thank you for mentioning Beauty Generation！ His Legacy is unable to be copied by anyone (he is the only gelding in this list)， even as strong as Golden Sixty is one step away.
And no mention of one of the all time greats, the filly Zarkava. !!!!!!! She retired the year they entered Sea the Stars in the Prix de L'arc De Triomphe in 2009 . Zarkava won the Prix De L'Arc in 2008 and everyone was hoping she'd take on Sea the Stars who went on to win the race in 2009 , but connections retired her and put her into stud. What a clash that would have been . Zarkava took on all Stallions in group ones and beat them all.
finalmente alguien menciono la gran Zarkava, felicitaciones. Aqui en America del Sur hemos tenido 3 grandes caballos, Invasor, Gloria de Campeao y Hi Happy ( no se adapto al hemisferio norte) quien hizo 2400 metros en 2.24 en su ultima prueba de la triple corona de Argentina.
Canford Cliffs was one of my favourite horses but he was absolutely broken by Frankel at Goodwood, a stunning performance. He was a complete freak and we may well never see another like him.
@justthetruth1 people forget about Excellebration who for my money was a real specialist 7f horse. Frankel done him twice over that distance. If there was no Frankel we would've talked about Excellebration far more than he's mentioned now.
CC was such a good miler himself. When Frankel went through the gears in last furlong at Goodwood and CC hung all the way over the track it was sad cos at that moment we were watching a horse who was switched on enough to know it had to put more in to get at Frankel. But in doing so ran ragged and hung very tired. He was a 120+ rated horse made to look like a handicapper
I think you'll find that position is flattering for Winx. Not the horse's fault but from memory she raced 7 horses rated above 124 in her entire career. Also I love the call but she is not the greatest of all time in Australia. Tulloch rated 138 and Kingston Town rated 137 are the greatest of all time in Australia although I would have them the other way around. Tommy Smith could not split them.
The thing people don't realise with Winx, is that she could win on any surface, win in all different states eg Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney. And do all this while breaking track record times. 100% should be top 5...
@@masteryoda4073 You are so right. I think regardless of what the topic is, songs, horses, movies etc. ratings of best ever are a total load of garbage as they are based on personal opinion and are never ever correct. Winx was a great horse, as was Black Caviar and they beat the very best horses in Australia, but what great horses did they really beat. Once again this is up for argument
@@johncrane2935 Winx beat , Highland Reel by 5 lengths, Olmedo by 10 lengths and everything else in a canter broke rack records , ran G1 sprinters sectionals over a mile and 10 furlongs. Black Caviar was unbeatable beat Buffering ( later as an 8 year old international winner) by 6 lengths as did Hay List . Same with international winner Ortensia , Australia dominates world sprints . The ratings are heavily biased to Northern Hemisphere for a rule of thumb add 7 to Australian rankings .
@@OfficialMuffiin Could have been a Northern Dancer, Sadlers Wells, or Galileo. It would have been a good thing because he is not from the Northern Dancer line, it's healthy to have alternative lines, DM was from the Mr Prospector line.
Hmmm. Never won a race in a country where anti doping tests are rigorously enforced. And strangely died of “grass sickness” in a country that has no grass. Odd that.
@@lulabellegnostic8402 Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the UK strictly anti-doping? Dubai Millennium ran a monster performance there in the Prince of Wales Stakes.
@@lulabellegnostic8402 Yes!... You are most definitely wrong!. Dubai Millennium won group 1 races in England & France. Those two countries have have rigorous drug testing. He was standing at stud in England (Dalham Hall) when he got his grass sickness.
I tend to agree... had had it all... but do you think he woild have destroyed Frankel's Juddmonte rivals the way Frankel did? He always looked like he switched off when he got to the lead... so his wins weren't as visually impressive. A rare talent rhough, for sure
Deep Impact's best performance is in Tennou-sho (Spring); do you know a racehorse that runs the last 800m of 3200m in 44.8 seconds? He is the one and only who can do it.
Well, looking at the indiscriminate use of the whip by his jockey.... just count the hits in the race shown here alone. In Europe you'd be disqualified and heavily fined for this. He even used it on both sides. Bad form.
@@bernhardlangers778 The jokey ,Yutaka Take , used his whip to make Deep Impact pay attention to run straight. Then he showed Deep whip motion as if he would hit Deep. So he didn’t actually use his whip to hit but first one. I’m studying English , so please forgive my poor English.
That 2016 Chairman's Sprint in HK was amazing. Not sure even Black Caviar wins that race if she misses the start by as far as Chautauqa did. Shame how he cut his own career short.
@@mikeharrington5593 It pains me to agree with this. Arrogate was also trained by Bob Baffert. And, of course, every North American horse runs on Lasix.
Jaya Bae entered the Breeders with only two lifetime starts yesterday at the Big M The Meadowlands. She's just warming up for the $600,000 final this Friday. The entire world is talking about Jaya Bae and its been a long, long time since a horse has been named Sports Illustrated athlete of the year. Without a doubt the best bred trotter in history.
One of my regrets was that Zenyatta never faced the imposing Rachel Alexandra who was entered and defeated the males in one leg of the triple crown one year.
@@hankmoodiness7941 Rachel Alexandra was the greatest dirt filly to ever race her 3 yo season. Any list that doesn’t have Ghostzapper and American Pharoah and has Arrogate on it cannot be taken seriously.
@@silvereyedstacker1842 couldn’t agree more, I put Rachel right with Zen. If not better. I get trashed for saying it but people get enamored with the record and don’t take everything into consideration. Leaving the last 3 off you mentioned is moronic.
I see what you’re saying...... but you’re wrong....... 😂😂 I’m kidding I’m kidding. I agree. To me if Black Caviar as a sprinter isn’t considered on the same level as Frankel as a miler then what sprinter ever will be 🤷♂️🤷♂️ simply the fastest sprinter ever I believe and Sea The Stars also to think maybe we didn’t see the best of him is ridiculous. I think as an older horse he would have muscled up and just been like nothing we’ve seen
These types of lists really depend on what you value. The video maker definitely loves long turf races. If I made a list I doubt even 4 turf horses would be on it. And I think i'd have Gun Runner, American Pharaoh California Chrome on there somewhere
That's because you Americans are ignorant and self absorbed. There is great racing all around the world on TURF; and not on dirt. Horses from Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Japan. If anything, the Japanese and European champions are under represented in this Top 10.
American Pharaoh is Mr Prospector bloodline just like the majority of these horses in this video. I'm a pedigree buff. You have to understand what you're seeing. Go look up Mr. Prospector's wiki page and scroll down to stakes and triple crown influence.
@@abbenburnner4844 To be fair, most lists and videos in general focus almost entirely on American horses that are better on dirt than they are on turf, so this was just a different type of list.
Really enjoyed this film...what a brute Frankel was...Dubai Millenium superb...fabulous race Arrogate and California Chrome ...also Enable and Crystal Ocean...about Black Caviar, I don't rate sprinters as highly as distance horses, but have always thought she could have won a Cox Plate if trained for it. She looked pretty strong at the end of 1400m at her only attempt.
I agree... I think she was most likely the greatest miler that's ever raced in Australia... had it not been for a. her unbeaten status and b. the fact that she had already experienced 2 potentially career ending injuries by her 5 race start...
The fastest & best performing horse to ever race in Australia & New Zealand was GLOAMING. His record is 67 starts for 57 wins & 9 seconds. The sole unplaced was when he fell a second after the start. And he still holds the 4 furlong(800m) record of 45 seconds.
Jesus you bring up a horse that ran over a " 100 YEARS AGO " in New Zealand & Australia breaking many records BUT again only in New Zealand & Australia beating what especially back then, even 16 years or so before the great Pharlap. I'll hand it to you friend, you Australians are proud horsemen👍
Smarty Jones did more to increase interest in horse racing in the United States than any other horse this century. Smarty has left an indelible mark on the hearts of so many people, and he will never be forgotten.
He flopped at Stud though. You can breed him for only $3,500 today and he’s rather undesirable even at that low fee. The horse of the Century so far was absolutely Curlin. He won horse of the year two separate times, he pretty much exclusively ran in high stakes races with international horses with an 11-2-2 record from 16 starts, he amassed over $10,000,000 in race earnings, and at Stud he’s been an absolute rockstar currently taking in a rumored $225,000 per live foal
@@narrowistheway77 Frankel currently stands at £275.000. that's over 350.000 US. So far he has sired 31 group 1 winners, including 9 group 1 winners so far in 2023. and 9 group 1 winners in 2022. His 2022 yearling average was £600.000 plus he is the fastest in history to reach 100 group race winners. his stud fee is rising fast every year and with his yearlings prices rising so fast it's probably going to be half a million US dollars soon.
@@jasonemre8058 which was indeed a phenomenal performance. I think the Sussex Stakes was a waste... he should have gone Queen Anne, Coral Eclipse, Juddmonte, Longchamps
@@thrusta100 She wasn't at the end at all the first two times he beat her.. she was a 6yr old and still at or close to her best.. Sunline won 4 group 1's that season and ran 2nd in the Cox plate... so yeah.. and Northerly never went OS so it didn't win any.. bit of a silly argument though.. i mean i could ask how many Caulfield Cups Sunline won? but what's that gonna prove.. Trevor Mckee said it himself and tipped his hat to Northerly saying he beat Sunline 3-0 on her favourite track
Black Caviar is the best. This video only shows her worst race, where she had a tear in a hindquarter and still won. The only other time she didn't win easily was when she stumbled out of the barriers at Flemington and injured herself, but still won. It's harder to win sprint races easily, as you have less time to do so. She won 23 of her 25 races without ever looking troubled. She broke records, she carried record weights and broke records, she was literally as bomb proof as a horse comes. Her 10th start was her best win for mine, The Newmarket at Flemington over 1200m where she carried a record weight for a mare, broke the race record of 135 years, and had the race won with 400m still to go. A little known fact, she won her 18th start over 1400m in the Orr Stakes (never tested by nearly 4 lengths), and backed up a week later over 1000m in the Lightning Stakes, winning easily again. This is almost an impossible feat for a horse to achieve. Statistically for two years prior in Australia, only one horse had won over 1400m and then 1000m in consecutive weeks. It was in Kangaroo Island where racing is pretty much at an amateur level. Black Caviar did it easily in two group 1 races. That is insane. If you had to take to take one horse to win a race over any distance to save your life, you would take Black Caviar over 1200m. Simply unbeatable.
@@al1979rocker Peter Moody Said Frankel was the best In a YT Vid Here, from 35secs into the vid😉 ua-cam.com/video/VKQ4xTCTDtE/v-deo.html Also this quote from the "Black Caviar" Book. Foreword by P.M. ,Quote " I’ve been around horses all my life and never known one better than Black Caviar. I find judging her place in the history of racing hard. I’m so close to her. That’s why I’ve always deferred to other people’s opinions. What I know is, Black Caviar is the finest horse I’ve ever seen or worked with - until I saw Frankel win on that Tuesday at Royal Ascot" 🙂
I agree mate 100%...what a world class horse Sea The Stars was. Also, I think So You Think fits into the top 10 as well somewhere. He won five Group 1s in both hemispheres, that has never been done before or since by any horse in the history of racing. He raced in six countries: Australia, England, Ireland, France, USA and Dubai. He raced on turf, dirt and tapeta and was stretched out to 2400m (4th in an Arc when ridden horribly) and 3rd in the Melbourne Cup at 3200m. A world class horse but also so very very tough.
A curious Top 10. All of them actual horse races and all featuring sprinters. Not one detail regarding their record, over what distance, against who - and the time etc! Black Caviar was never beaten in all of her starts, Winx had a great unbeaten run so both of these are great horses. The best of the lot was never mentioned - Makybe Diva - and her resume included three Melbourne Cups in a row and that was against internationals as well.
They seem to be going for the heart thumping, blood pounding, breakneck performances. Makybe Diva earned almost 50% more than Black Caviar with only 30% more races. Winx has earned 45% more than Makybe Diva with only 16% more races. In seems horse racing in not in the maths but in the heart. ^_^
I'd forgotten to some extent how good Dubai Millenium's race in the Dubai Cup was. An absolute monster episode. A well earned number two placing on this list. Sadly, no footage of Sea the Stars.
2 points Black Caviar’s best race was probably when she won the Newmarket Handicap @ Flemington. A mare Carrying 58kg, won easy & broke the track record. It was the only day they fully wound her up & let her go. Also feel that Atlantic Jewel was just as good as her & Winx but we only saw a fragment of what she was capable of, injury ruined her career.
Agree that these top 10s purely based on opinion. We can all agree they are top horses and we'll all have our favourites. One horse no one has mentioned is Lys Gracieux. Won the Takarazuka Kinen in July 2019, then was absolutely dominant in Cox Plate and finally won Arima Kinen by 5 lengths. Wowee!
5 Lengths! I love it when horses run like that. I wish all the people who say horse racing is cruel could see some of these winners. Yes, maybe it is cruel sometimes, wherever humans go there is sure to be corruption and greed. But when you see an awesome racer, you know horses run because they love it too. 💗
Horse opinions aside, surely this video proves Australian race tracks reign supreme. Do Australian tracks get more attention than others? I suspect the detrimental climate requires it.
Agree. She whipped the girls and boys. She should have won the classic again in 2010 but Mike smith got her going too late Rachel Alexandra should be in this list too
Zenyatta was the best horse ever Secretariat on Michael Jordan for sure but Zenyatta she was the queen of the Nile the king of the jungle Godzilla Frankenstein and Cinderella all rolled into one to me she’s the greatest was male or female ever sorry Secretaria no offense meant
Really decent list. People will still complain because there's several other great horses that could've and probably should've been on this list. Without trying to sound like I'm complaining, if I had to name just one that was overlooked it would probably be Goldikova. In 27 career starts she only finished out of the money one time, finishing her career with a record of 27-17-6-3. Though based in France, she also raced in England and the United States. She won 14 Group 1 races, with 9 victories over colts & geldings, putting her above Miesque as the only European-trained horse to have ever won more than 10 Group 1 races. Which included 3 straight Breeders Cup Mile wins in 2008, 2009, & 2010.
I’ll go along with the 1,2 and 3 but I’m not having the others. Galileo, Hawkwing, Battash are just 3 without having to think about it. Zenyatta is fair enough as well. I’ve just thought of another one. Kingman.
It's very hard to compare across continents. I was also not sure about Arrogate. At his best he was one of the best, but he became nothing after running in the Middle East, not the only horse whose form badly regressed upon returning to North America (not sure how European horses who travelled there did when they came back).
Indeed, top two horses so far have definitely been Frankel and American Pharoah. Both would be canon fodder for the all time GOAT Secretariat (Beyers 139, unofficial Timeform 153), but at least he might notice they were there for a moment or two.
American horses full of Drugs .. BB proved that … unfortunately US horses can only win on dirt they don’t seem to do so well on turf that’s why you don’t see them in Europe ,Australia or Japan
@@deanwatson1430 US horses barely run on turf. The issue they have historically is dealing not so much with turf but with undulating turf, i.e. the jockeys don't have experience in letting their horses run down slopes which part explains previous poor USA performance at The Arc. Having said that the GOAT Secretariat had no problem adapting to turf, setting track record and winning margin records that still stand today in North America's then top two turf races against older horses. Dirt accentuates endurance and hence leaner horse like Kelso tend to have an edge there. Muscular horses like Secretariat are actually better adapted to turf which accentuates speed more.
@@connorduke4619 that’s exactly the point , when US have to clutch at a horse from 50 years ago 😬 as only horse to adapt to turf that kinda tells the exact point I’m making. Breeders cup is mainly dirt and attracts world horses merely for money. Quite often European / Aus or Japanese horses win the turf races. What’s also interesting is US horses when they go to the World Cup in Dubai (on dirt) rarely do well only a couple of exceptions but with all the doping and drugs in US horse racing it’s hardly surprising. Rules around drugs in horses much stricter than in the US which is reason why they don’t run anywhere else. Won’t be long before US horses banned from running anywhere else because of the huge drug problem … you only have to ask trainers (who left the US) how bad it actually is !!
Jim Goldie's. Euchen Glen came back from a seriously career ending injury. He didn't win all his races but the one's he did he did it in style. We done jim Goldie, We love EUCHAN GLEN...
There's No Race Horse That Can Match Enable's Magnificent Superior Wins Like Three King George Queen Elizabeth Stakes Which Hasn't Been Repeated Since Two Prix Delarc De Triomphe's 2017 , 2018 , 2019 Third . A Breeders Cup Turf Race Enable 1st Magical 2nd I Just Loved Her Lanfranco Detori , John Gosden # 1 Horse Trainer What More Can I Say !!! . Enables Greatest Fan ( 2016 ) ...
I really wish when Black Caviar makes a list they’d stop showing her Ascot win 😂😂 she wasn’t 100% got hurt and still won. I mean when Frankel is on a list they don’t show his St. James’s Palace win 😂😂
Because it would expose him as the number 1. A mile, a mile 2, a mile 4 - unbeaten. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and7th in his Arc were all group 1 winners. What did Frankel lead ?
Actually passionate and excited about racing. Watch Ric McIntosh call the Warrannambool Cup. "Seriously... HOW BLOODY GOOD IS THE 'BOOL!" Great callers, except Olzanski.
You could jumble the positions around from 2 to 10, but only one horse can be number 1......FRANKEL!. He would destroy all of these from 8 to 10 furlongs. He had an amazing cruising speed. Some of these have earned the "great racehorse" tag, but have not nearly enough in their armour to have troubled Frankel.
@@larking13 I really find it hard to take American racing seriously. Your horses, racetracks, and trainers are inferior to Europe. Your jockeys are no better or worse than ours.
Winx was the best horse I have seen in my life. Winning 25 Group 1's from 1400 to 2200 meters and the discrepancy between Frankel's ratings to Winx is an absolute joke.
Lots of races I haven't seen before on here. I was really shocked at the way Tom Queally beat, no other word for it, Twice Over in the final stages of the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic.....
Enable was racing against poorer horses than Winx as the IFHA determined correctly. Winx was rated at 130 by same organization. When Enable won her second Arc and Breeders' Cup in the same year her rating did not move from 125!
@@peterkemp1973 racing against stablemate horses week in week out doesnt qualify as 'highly rated' horses buddy...for a horse who is the only in the world to win an arc and breeders cup in the same year should have a rating higher than 125
Pharoah maybe, Arrogate was far better than CC and deservedly got mention. Chataqua was an enigma, spectacular yes, but top 10? Strad a legend, no harm done in anyone's top 10. Ghaiyyath trailblazer but not better than No.10 in the list, Enable. Battasash lost to Blue Point at his peak, every time at Ascot.
Not totally surprised by the list as it weighs in on a lot of international racehorses. But a little miffed for a lack of love for American Pharoah. Maybe because he was just a 3 yr old as he ended his career. Well, hopefully they think of him at #11 if not in the top ten.
@@TeQzElementzz A sprinter is a bit different than a closer at a classic distance who is 30 lengths behind past the half. Mine that Bird showed us how to close a race. When he won the Derby, he wasn't even picked up by the camera. That's how far off the pace he was. I think Z misjudged the finish line in her last race. It was dark and the lights can change a horse's perception. She was far behind too long to close in the 2010 BC. Hats off to Chautauqua for his rare feats sprinting. It's no less special, but apples and oranges in racing.
Enabled should be ahead of Arrogate and Black Caviar on the list, every day of the week, Zenyatta reminded me of Arazi winning the juvenile, coming from way behind and blasting the field by 11 lengths. The jockey on Black Caviar was so lucky not to throw the race, cause he would have gotten a 6 month ban, the jockey on the horse Arrogate beat, he lost that race, terrible jockey ride. Amazing that owner Khalid Abdulla have 3 horses on the list. Frankel simply the best EVER!
This is heavily tilted toward European grass horses but if you are going to include American dirt horses then Ghostzapper has to be the top since he is the best American dirt horse of the 21st century imo.
I mean ghostzapper 5 grade 1s in America... Enable (10 on the list) 14 grade 1s in 3 different counties including beating all the American horses in their back yard.. the going to France and winning the larc de triomphe twice... come off it
I wonder how many of these horses won 25 group one races like Winx?? I firmly believe Winx would have given Frankel the race of his life. Being number 7 is a bit of a joke!
Don't be ridiculous, she wouldn't have beaten some of the horses Frankel left in his wake, Canford Cliffs, Cirus De Anglis, St Nichols Abbey, Nathaniel, Excellebration - its a bit of a joke she made the list TBH.
@@mylesohagan2779 obviously stuck in a English fairyland. Other countries also have talented horses. Won 25 group one races and not once did a horse even come close to beating her. But I suppose you will say she was just lucky.
@@dommcrobert6673 half the horses I mentioned are not English, some of them also won G1s all over the world, there is no doubt Winx was a class filly but the fact remains she never competed against the very top horses of her generation so she shouldn't be classed as a global great, never mind being mentioned in the same breath as Frankel. Look at Love, beat everything she raced against out of sight last year, opened this year winng a G1 by beating a breeders cup winner, but when she took on the real top class horses she was found out, I suspect Winx would also have been found out against the very best European horses of her generation.
@@mylesohagan2779 It obvious you don't understand Australian racing. We have had group one winners from England and France come over here to compete in our big races. None of them even came close to beating Winx. Local people urge owners to take the horse to England but because she was a poor traveller she never went. Just because she had no opportunity to compete against the best, does not mean she was just a local donkey. She is the best I have seen and I have followed racing for 40 plus years.
@@dommcrobert6673 come on, the best we sent over to face Winx was Highland Reel, a decent G1 horse in Europe, but who was a long way short of the best horses in Europe at the time, Hartnell was highly tried in the UK but couldn't land a G3, Benbatl has never won a G1 in Europe, more recently, we've sent over bang average horses who were getting hammered in G1/G2 races to take Australias big prizes, Sir Dragonet and Anthony Van Dycke, Addyeb is top horse on heavy ground, but again, has been out of sight on many occasions by Europes top horses - the standard in Aus is simply not anywhere near Irish/UK/French standard so Winx's record needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, and given the form lines it is ridiculous to suggest she'd have got anywhere near Frankel.
The problem with Winx is that time and time again Aussie form is proven as useless, just look at Dubai Honour sent to Aus recently and mops up a couple of Group 1s with ease, comes back to the UK and gets absolutely trounced dead last and never competitive, he's a Group 3 horse at best, but he's winning AUS G1's for fun, anything past 5f in Aus is a mickey mouse race
The title said 21st century.. also I guess Sea Biscuit is the best ever simply because.. he is not supposed to be a racehorse.But instead beat a Triple Crown Champ in War Admiral.How about that? 🇵🇭
Sorry I need to concentrate more, just loved Secretariat, one of my favourite horses I read and watch videos, film, etc about was Pharlap. Some time ago though.
@@markshepherd7367 No worries man.. it is just a honest mistake from you.Everybody does it.. also me. There are so many great and legendary racehorse past and present.And unique on their own way.. props to them.I read a book about US Triple Crown Champions starting from Sir Barton.. it is really good to know how they became champions!Peace and health!
@@ebbets1965 Frankel is sooo over rated. He beat the same horses over and over again. He didn't go over 2400m. Where's the Arch form? Oh that's right he didn't race in that one. Good horse but not great
I have over looked your bias for English runners, and for the record agree with you 90% of the time. But a list without American Pharoah especially since he is throwing stakes winners in England, Australia and the US, your credibility about choosing favorites has to be questioned. Sorry 😞 and I'm a long time vier.
Gotta agree w you on that one, Beth! No Triple Crown winners in that listing...At All! First time viewing this choosing, too! So... I'm out and see ya!
Thank you for highlighting Deep Impact.
He is a hero to Japanese horse racing fans.
Yes, a goliath of the turf
Contrail will continue deep impact line in future
@@ericcheng3427 The King is Dead. Long Live The King
*World racing fans
I love following Sunday Silence's line. He was a favorite of mine, sorry that US breeders didn't see his worth.
Thank you for electing "Deep impact"
He is a Japanese pride. We appreciate it.
I feel Black Caviar was a little hard done at 6th. 25 for 25 with 15 G1s is pretty hard to top.
Also in the Diamond Jubilee race that was shown she tore 2 muscles in her back and still won, which is pretty insane to comprehend.
Luke Nolen had to coast for the last 100, probably would've won 5+ lengths otherwise.
Not to take anything away from the other horses, but you just can't top that.
Her record is amazing and she is the best sprinter I’ve ever seen.
But i think that’s the problem.
Most racing people outside Australia generally consider the important racing takes place between 1600 and 2400.
Sprinting is not really considered that important outside Australia.
In every other major racing nation (and in Australia before around the year 2000) the horses who win between 1600-2400 are considered the great horses.
Maybe if her trainer had won 2 or 3 races at a mile like Vain and Manikato did she might have got a higher spot in the list.
By the way, I disagree with your assessment of her DJ win.
I think she was fine until Nolen made her relax and then urgently pick up again 30m from the finish line.
That’s the sort of event that would most likely cause that type of injury.
There’s no other obvious point in the race where she is bumped by another horse or stumbles or breaks stride.
I think the trainer got her preparation wrong and the jockey got the ride wrong and when she started to relax she was suddenly and unexpectedly asked to make another effort.
Classic scenario for a muscle injury.
I agree she should have won by 3+ lengths but not for the same reasons you do.
@@elgransenor1472 Your assessment of when the injury occurred has merit as a sudden bustle would make a case for a tear but Nolen said she didn’t feel right in running. Also she could have left it on the training track as she reportedly worked very well in the days before and horses can be over trained especially on unfamiliar courses .
I’ll leave it up to the vets , injuries definitely not my expertise.
However much as I would like to agree with you that she would have won by 3 plus I’ve watched the race several times and my assessment is that had Nolen not made that almost fatal blunder , (he admitted he didn’t see the challenges on the inside ) , the margin would only have been a length or so ,2 at the most .
How far she was off her game is evidenced by the moderate former Aussie , Soul only a length behind in 4 th place . In Australia Soul would not get within 10 lengths of Black Caviar .
@@jakeg3296
I think Moody made two mistakes
He shouldn’t have given her those two runs in Sth Australia, I think they flattened her followed by the travel
I think that’s why she didn’t feel right to Nolen, she had gone over the top.
He should have gone for the Kings Stand over 5f a bit fresher instead of the Jubilee
@@elgransenor1472 From memory that year the King Stand a few days earlier was a bog track ? It improved a bit on the Saturday. She handled soft tracks in Australia but as you said soft Australia isn’t like soft UK .
By the way what did you think of the So You Think / USA coincidence that I posted ?
forgot one Legendary name !? that made a record that will never ever be broken !!! by winning 3 Melbourne Cups in a row !!!? The GREAT !! " Makybe Diva" !!
And a Cox Plate.
You better believe it. The champion that became a legend!
Read the title mate. It says 21st century.
@@jmk1012
Makybe Diva raced in the 21st century.
@@jakeg3296 she was retired straight after the 2005 Melbourne cup.
Thank you for mentioning Beauty Generation！
His Legacy is unable to be copied by anyone (he is the only gelding in this list)， even as strong as Golden Sixty is one step away.
Yep well done putting Deep Impact in there....a truly great horse. Must agree American Pharaoh should be there.
Only few are been chosen
Deep Impact's times are incredible. I agree though that Frankel is number one, unless Flightline ups his game even more!
And no mention of one of the all time greats, the filly Zarkava. !!!!!!! She retired the year they entered Sea the Stars in the Prix de L'arc De Triomphe in 2009 . Zarkava won the Prix De L'Arc in 2008 and everyone was hoping she'd take on Sea the Stars who went on to win the race in 2009 , but connections retired her and put her into stud. What a clash that would have been . Zarkava took on all Stallions in group ones and beat them all.
Absolutely!
finalmente alguien menciono la gran Zarkava, felicitaciones. Aqui en America del Sur hemos tenido 3 grandes caballos, Invasor, Gloria de Campeao y Hi Happy ( no se adapto al hemisferio norte) quien hizo 2400 metros en 2.24 en su ultima prueba de la triple corona de Argentina.
Canford Cliffs was one of my favourite horses but he was absolutely broken by Frankel at Goodwood, a stunning performance. He was a complete freak and we may well never see another like him.
Sea the stars did it all best horse 🐎 l have seen in my lifetime and l have seen Frankel running live in the champions day in Ascot 😊
@@davidmcmahon5234Sea the stars best middle distance horse of this generation. Frankel best 7f to miler. Stars winning the Arc was incredible
@justthetruth1 people forget about Excellebration who for my money was a real specialist 7f horse. Frankel done him twice over that distance. If there was no Frankel we would've talked about Excellebration far more than he's mentioned now.
CC was such a good miler himself. When Frankel went through the gears in last furlong at Goodwood and CC hung all the way over the track it was sad cos at that moment we were watching a horse who was switched on enough to know it had to put more in to get at Frankel. But in doing so ran ragged and hung very tired. He was a 120+ rated horse made to look like a handicapper
Winx won 33 in a row, 25 group ones, 7th is a disgrace!
I think you'll find that position is flattering for Winx. Not the horse's fault but from memory she raced 7 horses rated above 124 in her entire career.
Also I love the call but she is not the greatest of all time in Australia. Tulloch rated 138 and Kingston Town rated 137 are the greatest of all time in Australia although I would have them the other way around. Tommy Smith could not split them.
The thing people don't realise with Winx, is that she could win on any surface, win in all different states eg Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney. And do all this while breaking track record times. 100% should be top 5...
Hard to be better than perfect.
@@masteryoda4073 You are so right. I think regardless of what the topic is, songs, horses, movies etc. ratings of best ever are a total load of garbage as they are based on personal opinion and are never ever correct. Winx was a great horse, as was Black Caviar and they beat the very best horses in Australia, but what great horses did they really beat. Once again this is up for argument
@@johncrane2935 Winx beat , Highland Reel by 5 lengths, Olmedo by 10 lengths and everything else in a canter broke rack records , ran G1 sprinters sectionals over a mile and 10 furlongs.
Black Caviar was unbeatable beat Buffering ( later as an 8 year old international winner) by 6 lengths as did Hay List . Same with international winner Ortensia , Australia dominates world sprints . The ratings are heavily biased to Northern Hemisphere for a rule of thumb add 7 to Australian rankings .
Winx, Zenyatta and Black Caviar and Deep impact with their running style would have been a fun race to watch
What a loss Dubai Millennium was to racing and breeding. Dubawi is keeping his line going magnificently.
The fact that Dubawi came from Dubai Millenniums only crop is fascinating, to think of what he could've produced in a full stud career.
@@OfficialMuffiin Could have been a Northern Dancer, Sadlers Wells, or Galileo. It would have been a good thing because he is not from the Northern Dancer line, it's healthy to have alternative lines, DM was from the Mr Prospector line.
Hmmm. Never won a race in a country where anti doping tests are rigorously enforced. And strangely died of “grass sickness” in a country that has no grass. Odd that.
@@lulabellegnostic8402 Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the UK strictly anti-doping? Dubai Millennium ran a monster performance there in the Prince of Wales Stakes.
@@lulabellegnostic8402 Yes!... You are most definitely wrong!. Dubai Millennium won group 1 races in England & France. Those two countries have have rigorous drug testing. He was standing at stud in England (Dalham Hall) when he got his grass sickness.
Sea The Stars 3rd.....Crazy......a was trained by a genius and won over all distances. Number ONE 🙏
I tend to agree... had had it all... but do you think he woild have destroyed Frankel's Juddmonte rivals the way Frankel did? He always looked like he switched off when he got to the lead... so his wins weren't as visually impressive. A rare talent rhough, for sure
Frankie n Henry Will live forever great horse fantastic trainer God bless Henry an absolute legend.
Those were exciting races! Great video, thanks!
I've been following horse racing worldwide for over 30 years and no doubt it's Winx.
Deep Impact's best performance is in Tennou-sho (Spring); do you know a racehorse that runs the last 800m of 3200m in 44.8 seconds? He is the one and only who can do it.
Well, looking at the indiscriminate use of the whip by his jockey.... just count the hits in the race shown here alone. In Europe you'd be disqualified and heavily fined for this. He even used it on both sides. Bad form.
@@bernhardlangers778
The jokey ,Yutaka Take , used his whip to make Deep Impact pay attention to run straight. Then he showed Deep whip motion as if he would hit Deep. So he didn’t actually use his whip to hit but first one.
I’m studying English , so please forgive my poor English.
Frankels sectionals are out of this world he did a 44.8 one of the last furlongs under 10.1/2 seconds unreal BEST I've ever seen on turf
golden sixty is the new legendary horse in Hong Kong. he should be on this list.
Honourable mention Chautauqua, my favourite, watch her race in Hong Kong, says it all
That 2016 Chairman's Sprint in HK was amazing. Not sure even Black Caviar wins that race if she misses the start by as far as Chautauqa did. Shame how he cut his own career short.
Sunline (two Cox Plates), Makybe Diva (three Melbourne Cups), American Pharoah (first triple crown in 37 years) Justify (US triple crown)?
makybe diva very stiff. three MC's, 24 horses in each race. enough said
So interesting that Winx and Zenyatta both had Street Cry as their sire.
American Pharoah & California Chrome are worthy.
Thanks for commenting. I needed a good laugh.
This list without American Pharaoh is an uncomplete list. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
I agree with Eds. In the words of Sleepy Joe, "Come on man!"
Drugged horses don't merit accolades
@@mikeharrington5593 It pains me to agree with this. Arrogate was also trained by Bob Baffert. And, of course, every North American horse runs on Lasix.
Jaya Bae entered the Breeders with only two lifetime starts yesterday at the Big M The Meadowlands. She's just warming up for the $600,000 final this Friday. The entire world is talking about Jaya Bae and its been a long, long time since a horse has been named Sports Illustrated athlete of the year. Without a doubt the best bred trotter in history.
@@melissa007ish not Runhappy
Most impressive was zenyatta, Winx and Deep impact respectively.
is this satire?
No he’s not
One of my regrets was that Zenyatta never faced the imposing Rachel Alexandra who was entered and defeated the males in one leg of the triple crown one year.
Especially the big fields they competed in, also blacks and others winning overseas to which some or I should say one in particular never did
@@russe19642 i dont care if winx ran overseas or not still a good horse
I never tire of watching Zenyatta run. Rachael Alexandra might have been considered. Add Winx and that trio of distaffs would have been an epic race.
RA too inconsistent
@@hankmoodiness7941 Rachel Alexandra was the greatest dirt filly to ever race her 3 yo season. Any list that doesn’t have Ghostzapper and American Pharoah and has Arrogate on it cannot be taken seriously.
@@silvereyedstacker1842 couldn’t agree more, I put Rachel right with Zen. If not better. I get trashed for saying it but people get enamored with the record and don’t take everything into consideration. Leaving the last 3 off you mentioned is moronic.
How can you rate a sprinter against mile horses against 1m 4f horses? It's all about your personal favourite which for me is Sea the Stars
I see what you’re saying...... but you’re wrong....... 😂😂 I’m kidding I’m kidding. I agree. To me if Black Caviar as a sprinter isn’t considered on the same level as Frankel as a miler then what sprinter ever will be 🤷♂️🤷♂️ simply the fastest sprinter ever I believe and Sea The Stars also to think maybe we didn’t see the best of him is ridiculous. I think as an older horse he would have muscled up and just been like nothing we’ve seen
@@fatboy5926 is this satire?
@@colintipton1740 no. Why do you ask?
@@fatboy5926 oh sorry didnt realise you had no idea
@@colintipton1740 ouch
I also think winx was a truly exceptional horse
These types of lists really depend on what you value. The video maker definitely loves long turf races. If I made a list I doubt even 4 turf horses would be on it. And I think i'd have Gun Runner, American Pharaoh California Chrome on there somewhere
That's because you Americans are ignorant and self absorbed. There is great racing all around the world on TURF; and not on dirt. Horses from Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Japan. If anything, the Japanese and European champions are under represented in this Top 10.
American Pharaoh is Mr Prospector bloodline just like the majority of these horses in this video. I'm a pedigree buff. You have to understand what you're seeing. Go look up Mr. Prospector's wiki page and scroll down to stakes and triple crown influence.
And justify. This video maker is diffently hair and only thinking about the EU and UK horses nothing else
@@abbenburnner4844 exactly
@@abbenburnner4844 To be fair, most lists and videos in general focus almost entirely on American horses that are better on dirt than they are on turf, so this was just a different type of list.
Really enjoyed this film...what a brute Frankel was...Dubai Millenium superb...fabulous race Arrogate and California Chrome ...also Enable and Crystal Ocean...about Black Caviar, I don't rate sprinters as highly as distance horses, but have always thought she could have won a Cox Plate if trained for it. She looked pretty strong at the end of 1400m at her only attempt.
I agree... I think she was most likely the greatest miler that's ever raced in Australia... had it not been for a. her unbeaten status and b. the fact that she had already experienced 2 potentially career ending injuries by her 5 race start...
The fastest & best performing horse to ever race in Australia & New Zealand was GLOAMING.
His record is 67 starts for 57 wins & 9 seconds. The sole unplaced was when he fell a second after the start.
And he still holds the 4 furlong(800m) record of 45 seconds.
Jesus you bring up a horse that ran over a " 100 YEARS AGO " in New Zealand & Australia breaking many records BUT again only in New Zealand & Australia beating what especially back then, even 16 years or so before the great Pharlap. I'll hand it to you friend, you Australians are proud horsemen👍
Tie between Zenyatta and Frankel for number one. Zenyatta for the Breeder's Cup. That was epic.
What Zenyatta did is called a Silky Sullivan finish, and those are always the best of all to witness 😉👍🏼
Smarty Jones did more to increase interest in horse racing in the United States than any other horse this century. Smarty has left an indelible mark on the hearts of so many people, and he will never be forgotten.
He flopped at Stud though. You can breed him for only $3,500 today and he’s rather undesirable even at that low fee. The horse of the Century so far was absolutely Curlin. He won horse of the year two separate times, he pretty much exclusively ran in high stakes races with international horses with an 11-2-2 record from 16 starts, he amassed over $10,000,000 in race earnings, and at Stud he’s been an absolute rockstar currently taking in a rumored $225,000 per live foal
@@narrowistheway77 Some people think with their wallets. Others think with their hearts.
@@narrowistheway77No way. The horse of the 21st century is Tapit. He sired more stakes winners than anyone.
@@narrowistheway77 Frankel currently stands at £275.000. that's over 350.000 US. So far he has sired 31 group 1 winners, including 9 group 1 winners so far in 2023. and 9 group 1 winners in 2022. His 2022 yearling average was £600.000 plus he is the fastest in history to reach 100 group race winners. his stud fee is rising fast every year and with his yearlings prices rising so fast it's probably going to be half a million US dollars soon.
VERY Overrated Horse
I watched frankel in his second to last race at goodwood, a beautiful horse, poetry in motion, just wonderful
His second to last race was at York unfortunately
@@jasonemre8058 which was indeed a phenomenal performance. I think the Sussex Stakes was a waste... he should have gone Queen Anne, Coral Eclipse, Juddmonte, Longchamps
Frankie n Henry will live forever great horse fantastic trainer god bless Henry an absolute legend
Absolutely right !! That is poetry Frankel and sir Henry Cecil .
What's frankie got to do with Henry cecil
@@christopherstephenson1913 it was meant to be frankel thanks
There will never be another horse like Winx ever ? What a champion 🏆.
We all have our favourites mine won the 2000 cox plate also travelled to hong kong to beat the heavily backed superstar king fairy prawn....sunline..😁
What an animal!
Yeah she was smoking at that point... one of my favs Northerly beat sunline 3-0 at moonee valley.. fair effort too
@@jarrodgeikie870 Sunline was at the end by then, how many OS races did Northerly win?
@@thrusta100
She wasn't at the end at all the first two times he beat her.. she was a 6yr old and still at or close to her best.. Sunline won 4 group 1's that season and ran 2nd in the Cox plate... so yeah.. and Northerly never went OS so it didn't win any.. bit of a silly argument though.. i mean i could ask how many Caulfield Cups Sunline won? but what's that gonna prove.. Trevor Mckee said it himself and tipped his hat to Northerly saying he beat Sunline 3-0 on her favourite track
@@jarrodgeikie870 well argued.... and 100% correct... she had no excuses. He was just superior...
I believe that Barbaro might have been the best horse so far if not for his tragic ending. Barbaro was a great great thoroughbred.
@smoggington1240 YESSSSSSSSSS
Frankie all out was amazing. Woo!🏇
Black Caviar is the best. This video only shows her worst race, where she had a tear in a hindquarter and still won. The only other time she didn't win easily was when she stumbled out of the barriers at Flemington and injured herself, but still won.
It's harder to win sprint races easily, as you have less time to do so. She won 23 of her 25 races without ever looking troubled. She broke records, she carried record weights and broke records, she was literally as bomb proof as a horse comes. Her 10th start was her best win for mine, The Newmarket at Flemington over 1200m where she carried a record weight for a mare, broke the race record of 135 years, and had the race won with 400m still to go.
A little known fact, she won her 18th start over 1400m in the Orr Stakes (never tested by nearly 4 lengths), and backed up a week later over 1000m in the Lightning Stakes, winning easily again. This is almost an impossible feat for a horse to achieve. Statistically for two years prior in Australia, only one horse had won over 1400m and then 1000m in consecutive weeks. It was in Kangaroo Island where racing is pretty much at an amateur level. Black Caviar did it easily in two group 1 races. That is insane.
If you had to take to take one horse to win a race over any distance to save your life, you would take Black Caviar over 1200m. Simply unbeatable.
Peter Moody didn't think Black Caviar was the best, he said Frankel was 😉😂
@@protarget1 I think may have been a touch modest?
@@al1979rocker Peter Moody Said Frankel was the best In a YT Vid Here, from 35secs into the vid😉 ua-cam.com/video/VKQ4xTCTDtE/v-deo.html Also this quote from the "Black Caviar" Book. Foreword by P.M. ,Quote " I’ve been around horses all my life and never known one better than Black Caviar. I find judging her place in the history of racing hard. I’m so close to her. That’s why I’ve always deferred to other people’s opinions. What I know is, Black Caviar is the finest horse I’ve ever seen or worked with - until I saw Frankel win on that Tuesday at Royal Ascot" 🙂
Sea the Stars way way best of this bunch.............2000 Guineas, The Derby and The Arc ALL in one season!!!!!!
I agree mate 100%...what a world class horse Sea The Stars was. Also, I think So You Think fits into the top 10 as well somewhere. He won five Group 1s in both hemispheres, that has never been done before or since by any horse in the history of racing. He raced in six countries: Australia, England, Ireland, France, USA and Dubai. He raced on turf, dirt and tapeta and was stretched out to 2400m (4th in an Arc when ridden horribly) and 3rd in the Melbourne Cup at 3200m. A world class horse but also so very very tough.
@@AbsolutelyEverybody1 A great horse, but not enough wide margin winning victories that make you gasp.
@@asteroidstrike8880 yeah but still got the job done
Frankel way better
@@12345Yeah in comparison to who?
Frankel
Arrogate
Enable
What a performance, legends 👑
Black caviar is better
A curious Top 10. All of them actual horse races and all featuring sprinters. Not one detail regarding their record, over what distance, against who - and the time etc! Black Caviar was never beaten in all of her starts, Winx had a great unbeaten run so both of these are great horses. The best of the lot was never mentioned - Makybe Diva - and her resume included three Melbourne Cups in a row and that was against internationals as well.
These lists always favour the Americans
They seem to be going for the heart thumping, blood pounding, breakneck performances. Makybe Diva earned almost 50% more than Black Caviar with only 30% more races. Winx has earned 45% more than Makybe Diva with only 16% more races. In seems horse racing in not in the maths but in the heart. ^_^
I'd forgotten to some extent how good Dubai Millenium's race in the Dubai Cup was. An absolute monster episode. A well earned number two placing on this list. Sadly, no footage of Sea the Stars.
He was brilliant!.
ALSO IS SAYAN KRIANGKING GUARDIAN GOACHING CINTRON COACHING
He was not a great
dubai millenium son dubawi wasn't bad horse aswell
jaysus where is nijinsky sea bird ribot
Winx greatest of all time, 33 straight wins, 3 Cox plates ,25 group ones🌟🌟😃
4 Cox Plates
Secretariat is the greatest ever
@@Yoyoiooui but, on drugs...
2 points Black Caviar’s best race was probably when she won the Newmarket Handicap @ Flemington. A mare Carrying 58kg, won easy & broke the track record. It was the only day they fully wound her up & let her go.
Also feel that Atlantic Jewel was just as good as her & Winx but we only saw a fragment of what she was capable of, injury ruined her career.
Makybe diva won a Melbourne cup carrying 58kg
Agree that these top 10s purely based on opinion. We can all agree they are top horses and we'll all have our favourites. One horse no one has mentioned is Lys Gracieux. Won the Takarazuka Kinen in July 2019, then was absolutely dominant in Cox Plate and finally won Arima Kinen by 5 lengths. Wowee!
Personally I haven’t seen in but for me also northely
@@magnushurst6590 northerly and So you think
5 Lengths! I love it when horses run like that. I wish all the people who say horse racing is cruel could see some of these winners. Yes, maybe it is cruel sometimes, wherever humans go there is sure to be corruption and greed. But when you see an awesome racer, you know horses run because they love it too. 💗
That run on Black Caviar gives me a heart attack every time I watch it
what would you have then if you watched dancing brave coming from last to first in no time. Watch it Tom and thank me later.
@@VnStrk or look at Chataquata's race. actually insane
Horse opinions aside, surely this video proves Australian race tracks reign supreme. Do Australian tracks get more attention than others? I suspect the detrimental climate requires it.
Wow . . .so really great horses and super amazing. . .
No Ghostzapper, American Pharaoh, Goldikova, or Treve? Perhaps a top twenty list would avoid such glaring omissions.
I imagine it’s official ratings?
They aren't good enough to make the list
Mcaby diva
@@12345Yeah Hahahaha American Phaoroh wouldn't crack the top 20?
Give me some of what you're having.
@@michaelhutchings8599 wouldnt make the top 500
As always - off the pace. Messing with them all... Queen "Z" ran the whole race in the final 200 yards. Re-watch it. Phenomenal.
And she was 6 years old running against all those 3 and 4 year old colts
Zenyatta should be number 1!
Agree. She whipped the girls and boys. She should have won the classic again in 2010 but Mike smith got her going too late Rachel Alexandra should be in this list too
American Pharoah and Justify? This list is bogus.
If you believe that you'll believe anything. 😂
Zenyatta was the best horse ever Secretariat on Michael Jordan for sure but Zenyatta she was the queen of the Nile the king of the jungle Godzilla Frankenstein and Cinderella all rolled into one to me she’s the greatest was male or female ever sorry Secretaria no offense meant
Really decent list. People will still complain because there's several other great horses that could've and probably should've been on this list. Without trying to sound like I'm complaining, if I had to name just one that was overlooked it would probably be Goldikova. In 27 career starts she only finished out of the money one time, finishing her career with a record of 27-17-6-3. Though based in France, she also raced in England and the United States. She won 14 Group 1 races, with 9 victories over colts & geldings, putting her above Miesque as the only European-trained horse to have ever won more than 10 Group 1 races. Which included 3 straight Breeders Cup Mile wins in 2008, 2009, & 2010.
How is Winx number 7 she won 4 Cox plates in a row, and how is makybe diva not there 3 Melbourne cups in a row I think they need to revise this list
Totally agree with you
If I was a stallion I would want enable as my girl she is just beautiful and that race against crystal ocean was epic she was such a tough horse
Frankel - enable, pretty good parents by the sounds of it
@@ronniefozz5028 also massively interbred
When i was watching and Enable come up first i was thinking.. The form of that king george win was unreal. Sooo many top horses in that race she won
@@ronniefozz5028 Frankel is by Galileo
Enable is by a son of Galileo (Nathaniel).
Not going to happen.
@@TradingGalore who doesn’t mind abit of a mongy horse
The G.O.A.T! Winx.
I’ll go along with the 1,2 and 3 but I’m not having the others. Galileo, Hawkwing, Battash are just 3 without having to think about it. Zenyatta is fair enough as well. I’ve just thought of another one. Kingman.
is this satire?
American Pharoah, the first US triple crown winner in 37 years, who also won the BCC, is not on this list? Hmmmm :/
It's very hard to compare across continents. I was also not sure about Arrogate. At his best he was one of the best, but he became nothing after running in the Middle East, not the only horse whose form badly regressed upon returning to North America (not sure how European horses who travelled there did when they came back).
Indeed, top two horses so far have definitely been Frankel and American Pharoah. Both would be canon fodder for the all time GOAT Secretariat (Beyers 139, unofficial Timeform 153), but at least he might notice they were there for a moment or two.
American horses full of Drugs .. BB proved that … unfortunately US horses can only win on dirt they don’t seem to do so well on turf that’s why you don’t see them in Europe ,Australia or Japan
@@deanwatson1430 US horses barely run on turf. The issue they have historically is dealing not so much with turf but with undulating turf, i.e. the jockeys don't have experience in letting their horses run down slopes which part explains previous poor USA performance at The Arc. Having said that the GOAT Secretariat had no problem adapting to turf, setting track record and winning margin records that still stand today in North America's then top two turf races against older horses. Dirt accentuates endurance and hence leaner horse like Kelso tend to have an edge there. Muscular horses like Secretariat are actually better adapted to turf which accentuates speed more.
@@connorduke4619 that’s exactly the point , when US have to clutch at a horse from 50 years ago 😬 as only horse to adapt to turf that kinda tells the exact point I’m making. Breeders cup is mainly dirt and attracts world horses merely for money. Quite often European / Aus or Japanese horses win the turf races. What’s also interesting is US horses when they go to the World Cup in Dubai (on dirt) rarely do well only a couple of exceptions but with all the doping and drugs in US horse racing it’s hardly surprising. Rules around drugs in horses much stricter than in the US which is reason why they don’t run anywhere else. Won’t be long before US horses banned from running anywhere else because of the huge drug problem … you only have to ask trainers (who left the US) how bad it actually is !!
I am Japanese. The name of Deep Impact is immortal forever.
Impossible to catch them all in only a top 10 list
They forgot Jaya Bae who just started her two year racing career. The best bred filly trotter in history.
Jim Goldie's. Euchen Glen came back from a seriously career ending injury. He didn't win all his races but the one's he did he did it in style.
We done jim Goldie, We love EUCHAN GLEN...
There's No Race Horse That Can Match Enable's Magnificent Superior Wins Like Three King George Queen Elizabeth Stakes Which Hasn't Been Repeated Since Two Prix Delarc De Triomphe's 2017 , 2018 , 2019 Third . A Breeders Cup Turf Race Enable 1st Magical 2nd I Just Loved Her Lanfranco Detori , John Gosden # 1 Horse Trainer What More Can I Say !!! . Enables Greatest Fan ( 2016 ) ...
Totally agree she should Top 5 🎉
Do not like the fact that the Gosdens never placed Cracksman against Enable!
I really wish when Black Caviar makes a list they’d stop showing her Ascot win 😂😂 she wasn’t 100% got hurt and still won. I mean when Frankel is on a list they don’t show his St. James’s Palace win 😂😂
Black caviar
How can you not have race footage of Sea the Stars?
copyright....
Because it would expose him as the number 1. A mile, a mile 2, a mile 4 - unbeaten. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and7th in his Arc were all group 1 winners. What did Frankel lead ?
@@greenghost3797 wow you are really good at talking gross stupidity
@@colintipton1740 look at the form of the first 6 home in the Arc he won and when you're finished shove your head back into the orifice it was in. 👍
@@greenghost3797 I agree with you 100%...PLUS he won in Ireland, England and France unlike Frankel.
Aussies by far have the best race callers
Actually passionate and excited about racing. Watch Ric McIntosh call the Warrannambool Cup.
"Seriously... HOW BLOODY GOOD IS THE 'BOOL!" Great callers, except Olzanski.
@@michaelhutchings8599 yeah I know I was there at the cup, it’s a magnificent carnival and suggest all passionate racing fans to do the carnival
@@ronniefozz5028 100%. I've only got to see the lowly AAMI Hobart Cup so far but the 'Bool has a big circle around it!
Not to my ears.
@@countbelalucozade Too loud? Too passionate?
You could jumble the positions around from 2 to 10, but only one horse can be number 1......FRANKEL!. He would destroy all of these from 8 to 10 furlongs. He had an amazing cruising speed. Some of these have earned the "great racehorse" tag, but have not nearly enough in their armour to have troubled Frankel.
Nah, he ran his whole career in the minor leagues. Group I isn't anywhere close to Grade I.
@@larking13 I really find it hard to take American racing seriously. Your horses, racetracks, and trainers are inferior to Europe. Your jockeys are no better or worse than ours.
Winx was the best horse I have seen in my life.
Winning 25 Group 1's from 1400 to 2200 meters and the discrepancy between Frankel's ratings to Winx is an absolute joke.
How would you compare Secretariat to Frankel?
@@Durga-ma Secretariat was a dirt horse, Frankel was a turf horse.
Love Zenyatta! 🥰
Winx and Black Caviar What superstars.
All time Winx
Lots of races I haven't seen before on here. I was really shocked at the way Tom Queally beat, no other word for it, Twice Over in the final stages of the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic.....
That comment shows how ignorant you are, no horses are beaten when they use a air cushioned piece of foam. The term ' whip ' is a misnomer...
Dubai millennium was a monster no doubt? agree with the first 3 placings in this list only
Which ever horse I'm sitting on is number one in my book.
So many great horses we all
Have our favorite
How Enable was only rated 125 is beyond me. The same as Winx. She won two arcs! These vids should be done on ratings imo.
Enable was racing against poorer horses than Winx as the IFHA determined correctly. Winx was rated at 130 by same organization. When Enable won her second Arc and Breeders' Cup in the same year her rating did not move from 125!
@@peterkemp1973 poorer horses? Give your head a wobble. Oz racing is a class lower than over here. Always has been
@@peterkemp1973 racing against stablemate horses week in week out doesnt qualify as 'highly rated' horses buddy...for a horse who is the only in the world to win an arc and breeders cup in the same year should have a rating higher than 125
@@bobbyknox9258 😂 ok 🤡
@@saintly8286 winx over and over beat mediocre horses. Name her toughest opponent?
The audacity not to have Kauto Star in this list
American Pharoah, California Chrome, Chautauqua, Stradivarius, Ghaiyyath, Battaash, Curlin, Invasor, many more…
Pharoah maybe, Arrogate was far better than CC and deservedly got mention. Chataqua was an enigma, spectacular yes, but top 10? Strad a legend, no harm done in anyone's top 10. Ghaiyyath trailblazer but not better than No.10 in the list, Enable. Battasash lost to Blue Point at his peak, every time at Ascot.
Not totally surprised by the list as it weighs in on a lot of international racehorses. But a little miffed for a lack of love for American Pharoah. Maybe because he was just a 3 yr old as he ended his career. Well, hopefully they think of him at #11 if not in the top ten.
Arrogate is the best
@@jasonbrown2854 Ghaiyyath beat Enable in the Eclipse my friend
@@jasonbrown2854 pharo was better than arrogate. This list is terrible
Ive never one like Zenyatta.
Simply breathtaking.
Zenyatta is the best closer to ever grace a track, *** ever.
Obviously never seen chautauqua
@@TeQzElementzz A sprinter is a bit different than a closer at a classic distance who is 30 lengths behind past the half. Mine that Bird showed us how to close a race. When he won the Derby, he wasn't even picked up by the camera. That's how far off the pace he was. I think Z misjudged the finish line in her last race. It was dark and the lights can change a horse's perception. She was far behind too long to close in the 2010 BC. Hats off to Chautauqua for his rare feats sprinting. It's no less special, but apples and oranges in racing.
Wow. . .really great race 😅😅😅super amazing😅😅😅😁😁😁
Zenyatta it's incredible.
Enabled should be ahead of Arrogate and Black Caviar on the list, every day of the week, Zenyatta reminded me of Arazi winning the juvenile, coming from way behind and blasting the field by 11 lengths. The jockey on Black Caviar was so lucky not to throw the race, cause he would have gotten a 6 month ban, the jockey on the horse Arrogate beat, he lost that race, terrible jockey ride. Amazing that owner Khalid Abdulla have 3 horses on the list. Frankel simply the best EVER!
Where is Zarkava in this list?
"Sea the Stars" Won everything incl £2,000 guineas, Epsom Derby & the Arc in the same year (2009). !!😮Easily no. 1.
This is heavily tilted toward European grass horses but if you are going to include American dirt horses then Ghostzapper has to be the top since he is the best American dirt horse of the 21st century imo.
I mean ghostzapper 5 grade 1s in America...
Enable (10 on the list) 14 grade 1s in 3 different counties including beating all the American horses in their back yard.. the going to France and winning the larc de triomphe twice... come off it
Black caviar above enable you know nothing about horse racing...
@@scouserdan3 The operable words are "American dirt horses".
@@scouserdan3 See reply below.
The problem is many American horses are on drugs so we don't truly know how much natural ability the horse has
Tom Quelely
“Realistically the only way Frankel and Black Caviar would ever meet would be in a bar, and then go home and make love.”
I wonder how many of these horses won 25 group one races like Winx?? I firmly believe Winx would have given Frankel the race of his life. Being number 7 is a bit of a joke!
Don't be ridiculous, she wouldn't have beaten some of the horses Frankel left in his wake, Canford Cliffs, Cirus De Anglis, St Nichols Abbey, Nathaniel, Excellebration - its a bit of a joke she made the list TBH.
@@mylesohagan2779 obviously stuck in a English fairyland. Other countries also have talented horses. Won 25 group one races and not once did a horse even come close to beating her. But I suppose you will say she was just lucky.
@@dommcrobert6673 half the horses I mentioned are not English, some of them also won G1s all over the world, there is no doubt Winx was a class filly but the fact remains she never competed against the very top horses of her generation so she shouldn't be classed as a global great, never mind being mentioned in the same breath as Frankel.
Look at Love, beat everything she raced against out of sight last year, opened this year winng a G1 by beating a breeders cup winner, but when she took on the real top class horses she was found out, I suspect Winx would also have been found out against the very best European horses of her generation.
@@mylesohagan2779 It obvious you don't understand Australian racing. We have had group one winners from England and France come over here to compete in our big races. None of them even came close to beating Winx. Local people urge owners to take the horse to England but because she was a poor traveller she never went. Just because she had no opportunity to compete against the best, does not mean she was just a local donkey. She is the best I have seen and I have followed racing for 40 plus years.
@@dommcrobert6673 come on, the best we sent over to face Winx was Highland Reel, a decent G1 horse in Europe, but who was a long way short of the best horses in Europe at the time, Hartnell was highly tried in the UK but couldn't land a G3, Benbatl has never won a G1 in Europe, more recently, we've sent over bang average horses who were getting hammered in G1/G2 races to take Australias big prizes, Sir Dragonet and Anthony Van Dycke, Addyeb is top horse on heavy ground, but again, has been out of sight on many occasions by Europes top horses - the standard in Aus is simply not anywhere near Irish/UK/French standard so Winx's record needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, and given the form lines it is ridiculous to suggest she'd have got anywhere near Frankel.
God frankel was insane. Winx will always be the best in my opinion.
And Makybe Diva...
The problem with Winx is that time and time again Aussie form is proven as useless, just look at Dubai Honour sent to Aus recently and mops up a couple of Group 1s with ease, comes back to the UK and gets absolutely trounced dead last and never competitive, he's a Group 3 horse at best, but he's winning AUS G1's for fun, anything past 5f in Aus is a mickey mouse race
Secretariat has to be with these great horse. Maybe the best ever.
The title said 21st century.. also I guess Sea Biscuit is the best ever simply because.. he is not supposed to be a racehorse.But instead beat a Triple Crown Champ in War Admiral.How about that? 🇵🇭
Sorry I need to concentrate more, just loved Secretariat, one of my favourite horses I read and watch videos, film, etc about was Pharlap. Some time ago though.
@@markshepherd7367 No worries man.. it is just a honest mistake from you.Everybody does it.. also me. There are so many great and legendary racehorse past and present.And unique on their own way.. props to them.I read a book about US Triple Crown Champions starting from Sir Barton.. it is really good to know how they became champions!Peace and health!
Maybe Phar Lap as well if we could just get his stuffed remains out of the Melbourne Museum and reanimate him so he qualifies for the 21st Century
Maybe Secretariat is the best... He is the GOAT
Can someone please explain to me why Kingman isn’t on the list - just a phenomenal horse!
I'm only mentioning horses I know of on here and haven't heard of that horse.
Thank God you put Frankel as #1 and included Black Caviar and Zenyata. Very much agreed
Hard to imagine that Frankel wouldn't be ranked number one.
@@ebbets1965 Frankel is sooo over rated. He beat the same horses over and over again. He didn't go over 2400m. Where's the Arch form? Oh that's right he didn't race in that one. Good horse but not great
@@darylevans6259 "Arch form"?
Even now, we still do not know how good Frankel actually was?
Winx 2016 Cox Plate best I've ever seen
THERE IS NO DEBATE THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN HORSE WINX
33 WINS IN A ROW SAYS IT ALL
I don’t believe horses that they’re not competing in the international races. Like Dubai Japan cup Breeders cup.
Yup. Can't argue with Frankel being the best. I really don't think Arrogate should have been counted in anything.
Winx & Chrome 💗🏆
I have over looked your bias for English runners, and for the record agree with you 90% of the time. But a list without American Pharoah especially since he is throwing stakes winners in England, Australia and the US, your credibility about choosing favorites has to be questioned. Sorry 😞 and I'm a long time vier.
@Jock Odd Sock ?
Gotta agree w you on that one, Beth! No Triple Crown winners in that listing...At All! First time viewing this choosing, too! So... I'm out and see ya!
These horses have such Big Hearts and know they were born to Race, Bless them all.
Zenyatta no.1
She my girl
Question from a layman A year later where would Flightline be placed?
I mean I’d probably have Ghostzapper, AP, Bricks or Gun Runner somewhere, at least one of them
Winx 37 wins.....
absolutely dominates her top class rivals and puts them to bed.
The race featured here was a pretty ordinary days work for her.
Frankel absolutely master of all !!
Nice 👍 love it