Re: Invasor? (412 Views)
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fkach (IP Logged)
Date: July 01, 2007 01:30PM
I hope you aren't including me in the group that "lead the charge" for calling Invasor an all time great because I lead the charge for calling him a "pontential all time great". ;-)
I do think there's a difference between horses like Skip Away/Mineshaft Invasor/Ghostzapper and some of the all time greats (I didn't forget either Mineshaft or Skip Away).
Obviously greatness is a somewhat subjective topic. We aren't all going to have the same criteria. For me, I want more than a single year or series of great races to be called an all time great. A great year or great series of races is just that, a great series or great year.
I like when they come out running great at 2 and continue developing from there. That's why my list tends to include horses like Fager, Slew, Affirmed, Bid, Secretariat etc.... Obviously, I'm going to include Forego because even though he started a little slow he didn't just get sharp for awhile. He dominated for years.
Invasor fits my criteria well because he was a champion right from the start and was still getting better. The issue is whether he did enough. To me, he and Ghostzapper didn't do enough to be included in that elite group above, but they performed well all the way and may have reached that elite level if just given more time on the track. That's different from Skip Away.