Thanks, Bold Reasoning, but that's not my point. Truthfully, Invasor might be the best older horse running in America right now. But for historic impact and significance over the course of a career-to-date, Lava Man is a great horse because of the accomplishments that I listed previously.

And did you know that Hall of Famer Native Diver never won a stakes race outside of California?

I'm much less concerned about the immediacy of Eclipse Awards and the like for Lava Man - it's his historic importance that is being torn about by geniuses who make pithy comments on this thread and others that concern me.