Blast from the past

Royal Chalice another great horse from arguably SA best ever trainer Terence Millard

I see you posted it afterwards....but i would say the great Model Man

pirates wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: Not sure any the above would beat Legal Eagle

lol did you see the likes of wolf power empress club horse chestnut dynasty flaming rock foveros pocket power fools holme illustrador royal chalice over the air pas de qui face north petrava spanish pool ever race?the whole lot would have beaten him including the horses mentioned above..

Great post. On her day Enchanted Garden was a great filly as was Roland's Song.

Horse Chestnut
Wolf Power
Illustrador

pirates wrote:

Bob Brogan wrote: Not sure any the above would beat Legal Eagle

lol did you see the likes of wolf power empress club horse chestnut dynasty flaming rock foveros pocket power fools holme illustrador royal chalice over the air pas de qui face north petrava spanish pool ever race?the whole lot would have beaten him including the horses mentioned above..

That's my boy, great comment HW, you've obviously turned over a new leaf !!! LoL

pirates wrote: gee i forgot to mention the great model man arctic cove and prince florimund bush telegraph main man the list continues

I was just about to say you left out Model Man and Main Man.

Most of the top horse's that raced in the 1980's 1990's have been mentioned.

Can add in Olympic Duel, won the J&B Met, Mainstay and a Champion Stakes. Also won numerous Grade 1 races against her own sex and placed second and third in the July.

Before my time, but Politician, Hawaii, Sea Cottage and Colorado King all will deserve a mention and another exceptional filly that I have read about, Kings Pact who won the Mainstay (Clairwood Winter Handicap) as a 2yo.

POCKET POWER. 4 queens plates 3 mets 1 july(top weight).Trained by an honest trainer and legend of the game.
HIS RECORD OF 4 IN A ROW IN QUEENS PLATE WILL NEVER BE BROKEN..

Notting hill ................ :sick:

Obviously we have seen some really good horses over the years but the real test is the relativity of their opposition!!
The best of the best will be freaks and for me those are
1)Horse Chestnut,a freak (first 3 yr old to win Met in over 50 years and did it in a canter (+ 7 lengths)
2)Empress Club,another freak, won the Summer Handicap (run then in April/May)as a 3 yr old filly (unbelievable)(I think only MdK has ever got a 3yr old filly to win the July,some 3 months later.)
3)Finally, In Full Flight who made 2 absolute champions (Elevation and Sentinel) look ordinary as 3yr olds !(Beat them both often but in the Bull Brand stakes beat them comfortably ,by over 5 lengths,at level weights!!!
Easily my best 3!

The beautiful and mighty grey from the 80's.............Wolf Power