If no time limit..
Round Table
Sea Bird
Swaps
Man of War
Alydar

Recent....
Ghost Zapper
Point Given (3)
Pine Island
Storm Flag Flying

oh man!! i would LOOOOOVE to see round table do it all again. most records ever set by a horse was by him. tied or set 17. unbelievable, sound as a bell, dual-surface multiple champion. and then became a pretty good sire as well.

and i'd like to see swaps back with four good feet. there would be no stopping that guy if he had those.

me too; and don't forget criminal type. that would've been the best classic ever.

Danzig,
Good that you like them.
I must admit I'm a bit prejudiced.
Darbay has Round Table and Alydar in her pedigree, and Bourbon Streettune has Swaps in hers. I should have also mentioned another, My Babu.
DTS

bernardini.....so i could watch him lose again.

you really are bad..one call on the second choice..yeshhhh let it go..

to me, round table deserves mention in the same breath as secretariat, man o war and those other great horses. he was awesome, it's amazing the career he had. i think since many horses these days are labelled as great, we'll have to start referring to the true greats as legends.

I would bring back Charismatic for a run in the BC Classic. He won the first race that I ever watched, and he's my favorite horse that I've ever seen as well. I just wish that I could see him run one last time....

Katy

Agree, Danzig.
Since you mentioned Round Table, Darbay's great grand-dad, and Secretariat, Gold miner's Gold grand dad, those two came together in one of mine named Makeitright. He's still in training but I hope he hits the track soon.
On a side note, a horse you might really like named Danzig was the sire of Dayjur. I mated Darbay to that line for her past two foals. Danzig was by Northern Dancer. Dayjur's dam, Gold beauty is by Mr Prospector.
The babies are nice.
DTS

i bet they are nice! a match made in heaven when you put northern dancer with mr prospector.

danzig one of the few sires who has a comp index LOWER than their aei. not even storm cat can boast that fact. his AEI is 4.13 lifetime-highest of all sires, while ap indy is 3.23 and storm cat a 3.52. everyone else in 1's and 2's.

just found this...less than one third, 32% of sires, have a lower comp index than average earnings index...

I would bring back Polar Expedition -- not because he'd have a shot at winning anything, but because he's the only horse from my time growing up that I wish I could see run again. He was my first favorite horse but I don't think that I ever really appreciated him because I was maybe like 10 :)

without a doubt Citation, best ever if i may dare !!! w/o 20yrs limit

otherwise

Point Given
Vindication
SkyMesa
EmpireMaker
Bernardini vs. Barbaro (preakness replay w/o any tragedy)
Candy Ride

you must hate bernardini...

I thought this thread was about the last twenty years. If it is about ALL eras, I would be thrilled to see Slew demolish any BC Classic field that has run since 1984.:D

well...if we are going with no limits, bring back eclipse and lexington...and just for fun, colin and fair play. exterminator! now he's one i'd like to see.

forget BCC, how about a match race match race ? Citation vs. Slew ?

any takes ??

I'd go for Domino and Mumtaz Mahal.

Exterminator is buried on a hill nearby. Along with Sun Briar and Suntica.

oh, now domino would have been a riot to see! they had to blindfold him to put his rider up..he hated his jock with a passion.

Nobody hates Bernardini. It's just that certain people want to expose hype.

Personally, I hate to see bettors lose. Even very stupid bettors. So I remind them of hype all the time.

Yeah, I know, I should just take their money. Maybe the money doesn't mean that much to me.