What is (was) a race horse?

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

actually smarty raced a fair amount for the amount of time he was actually active. he was just getting started...and of course he ran over several tracks, at differing distances each time.
shame they couldn't bring him back for another year.....
where are people like the wolfsons, the meyerhoffs and the turners these days????

true but when I see the term all-comers I take that to mean that the horse at least must have won in open company against the best of the day, and not only in age restricted races.