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Originally Posted by Sightseek
The word 'great' was tossed around with all of the following, how would you rank them?
Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, Bernardini, Barbaro or Curlin?
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1. Curlin
2. SJ
T3. Barbaro
T3. Bernardini
T5. Alex
Not separated by a whole lot. You could make arguments for each.
Hell, Alex was the only one to win a G1 at 2 AND 3 (let alone multiple graded stakes!) He only gets downgraded for the horrible competition he faced and generally lower figures.
I despised Curlin and still do but respect him nonetheless.