Defining a great horse

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by miraja2

If you have "ability as a dirt horse" #1," does that mean that there can't be a great turf horse, or mybe that you would be unlikely to call many turf horses great?

It makes it tougher for a turf horse to earn the great label... but certainly they still can because it's only one factor .. even if it's my most important one.

Look at the record Euro's have had against our best turf horses.

A horse like Manila may have struck out with my #1 factor ... but he hit almost all of the important ones out of the ball park .. he's a no-brainer great horse... and look at all the trouble he had getting into the Hall of Fame.