Best closing kick ever seen?

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Originally Posted by Hoisttheflag

Million dollar question. Afleet Alex or Smarty Jones? Tough call but I liked Smarty a little more.

That is a tough one as I thought that both of these horses could have become superhorses had they not been retired prematurely. I think that we had seen Smarty Jones's best already when he left us. However, Smarty Jones consistently gave his best which is what made him so good. He was such a precocious horse. I think that Afleet Alex's best was yet to come as he had been steadily improving with every race IMO. Smarty Jones was more accomplished than Afleet Alex when he retired, but I think Afleet Alex would have become the better horse had he not retired. It's too bad we couldn't have seen these two greats a year longer than we did. Both were incredible.