Greatest Living Racehorse?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

You really believe Zenyatta left the biggest imprint on the sport.

Hands down.. Smarty Jones and Funny Cide left a much bigger imprint on the sport. Not even close! People actually watch and follow the triple crown races.

so if we are going by that, Smarty Jones is unquestionably the greatest living racehorse.

And you would have an argument although it seems that his stature gets worse with time instead of better. At the end of the day he didn't really "do" anything. Smarty was another three year old that fell just short of a triple crown and was retired early. He had a HUGE following but in reality his star lasted for two months.

I think Z will be discussed for better or worse for many years to come although not right now by me for fear of permanent banishment.