For me, it's Forego and it's not close.
Record... 57/34-9-7
Won 14 Grade 1s
Won 21 Graded stakes
8 Eclipse Awards
3 HOY Awards
Won the Woodward four straight years
The most amazing thing about Forego is the weight he carried and gave to his opponents. He won carrying 130+ lbs many, many times. The greatest single effort I've seen from a racehorse was his run in the 1976 Marlboro when, while carrying 137 lbs, he came wide in the stretch and ran down Honest Pleasure to win by a head. I drove 14 hors to see that race and I was not disappointed.
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