must under rated race horse.?

Question

in your opinion, which horse is the most underrated of all time? personally, i think point given. i just feel that he should have a triple crown under his belt. if it wasn't for his injury, who know how far he could've gone. he was pretty big too. lovely. :)

Answer 1

I have another black stallion, many casual racing fans have never heard of: Formal Gold. It's too bad he got hurt and had to be retired while in training for the 1997 Breeder's Cup Classic.

This horse was a sensational talent. He ran an unbelievable 113 Beyer speed figure in his first start ever (this figure is a good one in a Grade One Stakes for older horses). He still holds the Monmouth Park track record of 1:40.1 for 1 1/16 mile.

People remember Skip Away, but often forget that Formal Gold beat Skip Away four times out of six and was a far better racehorse.

Check out this video from the 1997 Woodward, where Formal blows away two great horses, Skip Away and Will's Way:






http://youtube.com/watch?v=VrbWUTwnKNY

Answer 2

You asked "of all time", not of the past 10 years.

I would say that it is Sir Barton. He was the first Triple Crown winner. In BloodHorse magazines list of the top 100 racehorses of the 20th century, he is listed as 49th, which is below all other Triple Crown Winners except Omaha (#61).

Not that Barbaro isn't a great story, but the Maryland Jockey Club has taken what was the Sir Barton Stakes and renamed it the Barbaro Stakes. Now I am a huge Barbaro fan, but I can't help but note the lack of respect for Sir Barton.

Now, I'm not saying that Point Given wasn't great, I just can't separate him from a lot of other really nice horses who won 2/3 of the Triple Crown. The greatest of those being Native Dancer and Spectacular Bid, and I don't think many would put any of the recent 2-out-of-3 winners up with them.

I would look to great horses that didn't win any Triple Crown races. For example Ruffian, or Alydar. But on Bloodhorse's list, they were both ranked higher than Sir Barton, so that's why I chose him.

Answer 3

I would say Showing Up;
Owner: Lael Stables
Breeder: Nellie M. Cox & Rose Retreat Farm
State Bred: KY
Winnings: 9 Starts: 7 - 0 - 1, $1,610,500

At 3: Secretariat S.(G1T), Hollywood Derby *NSR(G1T), Jamaica Breeders'Cup H.(G2T), Lexington S.(G2), Colonial Turf Cup(*Cnl,T); 3rd Man o'War S.(G1T).

Foaled 6 Feb 2003
KeeJan'04:$82K (Greentree Partners)
KeeSep'04:$85K (Pandora Farms)
FtmMay'05:$60K (Roy Jackson)
2006: NTR GP,8f, 1:34; NTR *Cnl,9.5fT, 1:52.98
His Secretariat time was 1.29 seconds faster than that The Tin Man posted capturing the Arlington Million going the same trip an hour earlier; only two losses were a 6th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and a third in the Man O' War in his only try against older horses.

Answer 4

Sham. He ran in the shadow of the great Secretariat. Sham posted the 2nd fastest Kentucky Derby time ever placing second that day to Secretariat. He knocked out his front teeth on the starting gate in that race and bled the whole way.
I would wager he would have been a triple crown winner any other year.

Answer 5

THis is a difficult question to answer because it is hard to say what constitutes an underrated horse. Three of the best of all-time who do not get much ink at all are Round Table, Native Diver and Dr. Fager.

Answer 6

I watched a horse called Who Doctor Who run for many years. He was only put in small stakes races and his owner who was a grubby greedy small timer never took him to the big times.

Answer 7

the black stalion that would be the best to me i have a black stalion