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Originally Posted by Danzig
so, by using the logic of money won, curlin is the best horse ever?
perfect drift was more lucrative over his career, doesn't mean he was better. to say otherwise would be the same as saying mark rypien was a better QB than dan marino, because rypien won a super bowl.
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I never said that Perfect Drift was better.
Money won is important. It's certainly not the only important factor but it is an important factor. I don't know how a person could compare two horses and not use money won as one of things you would look at. You obviously can't look at money won if you are comparing a modern horse with a horse from 60 years ago, but if you are comparing two horses that ran in the same general time frame then I would certainly look at it. I would say money won and number of graded stakes wins would be two of the most important things.
That being said, I would still probably pick Ghostzapper as the best horse in the US in the last 15 years. He made $3.4 million, won 6 graded stakes races including 4 grade I races. He had 9 wins from 11 starts. His career wasn't that long but he was spectacular. And he easily won what was probably the deepest field in terms of talent in the BC Classic when he beat Roses in May and Pleasantly Perfect.
Curlin was a great horse. I would put him in the top 5 or so best horses in the US in the last 15 years.