How good is Lava Man?

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.