Best horses of the 1980's by division

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I'll include the 90's and this past decade into this. You'll now have fields of 12.

2-year-old male:

80's: Easy Goer, Devil's Bag, Chief's Crown, Grand Canyon
90's: Afternoon Deelites, Favorite Trick, Maria's Mon, Arazi
00's: War Pass, Macho Uno, Stevie Wonderboy, Street Sense


2-year-old female:

80's: Princess Rooney, Landaluce, Before Dawn, Althea
90's: Meadow Star, Silverbulletday, Flanders, Phone Chatter
00's: Tempera, Storm Flag Flying, Halfbrideld, You


3-year-old male:

80's: Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Spend A Buck, Conquistador Cielo
90's: Holy Bull, Skip Away, Unbridled, Silver Charm
00's: Smarty Jones, Tiznow, Point Given, Bernardini


3-year-old female:

80's: Winning Colors, Genuine Risk, Mom's Command, Bold N' Determined
90's: Go For Wand, Silverbulletday, Serena's Song, Dance Smartly
00's: Rachel Alexandra, Rags To Riches, Xtra Heat, Surfside


Older male:

80's: Spectacular Bid, Alysheba, Ferdinand, Turkoman
90's: Skip Away, Cigar, Criminal Type, Formal Gold
00's: Ghostzapper, Mineshaft, Medaglia D' Oro, Congaree


Older female:

80's: Personal Ensign, Lady's Secret, Princess Rooney, Bayakoa
90's: Inside Information, Bayakoa, Sharp Cat, Paseana
00's: Zenyatta, Azeri, Riboletta, Sightseek


Turf male:

80's: John Henry, Manila, Theatrical, Steinlen
90's: Daylami, Lure, Kotashaan, Paradise Creek
00's: Fantastic Light, Leroidesanemeaux, Kitten's Joy, Conduit


Turf female:

80's: Miesque, All Along, Pebbles, Royal Heroine
90's: Flawlesssly, Ridgewood Pearl, Miss Alleged, Borgia
00's: Ouija Board, Goldikova, Banks Hill, Six Perfections


Sprint male:

80's: Groovy, Precisonist, Phone Trick, Smile
90's: Artax, Housebuster, Kona Gold, Reraise
00's: Kona Gold, Midnight Lute, Swept Overboard, Fabulous Strike


Sprint female:

80's: Gold Beauty, Very Subtle, Safely Kept, Pine Tree Lane
90's: Safely Kept, Soviet Problem, Mefera, Capote Belle
00's: Xtra Heat, Honest Lady, Indian Blessing, Madcap Escapade


It's amazing how there doesn't appear to be one huge standout among the horses in any division. Maybe Spectacular Bid over horses like Skip Away, Ghostzapper, Cigar, Alysheba... but that's about it.