Top Thoroughbreds (2000 to present)

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Given how US racing has moved towards sprinters its a weak group of sprinters there, I mean Cajun Beat and LITF are nice horses but hardly the type I think would have competed with the horses of the 80's and 90's.

Those are 3-year-old sprinters.

A lot of potentially top class 3yo sprinters are ruined by their connections who try to impose their will on these horses to make them routers.

In rare cases (Afleet Alex for instance) -- trainers can be successful on imposing their will and transforming a horse who really just wants to sprint into becoming a top class route horse.

In some cases -- horses will survive their failed attempts to be made into a router and revert back to sprinting with great success. Groovy, Artax etc. etc. etc.