Vote For Your Favorites
NOTE: Voting is closed. I will have full results posted tomorrow with info about the winners.
Many people argue about who are the greatest horses of the 20th century and seldom do they come to a complete agreement. There are quite a few who show up on all the lists but everyone has a favorite who never does. This poll will run through Friday (7/10) after which I will post a list of the top 10 including some info about them.
Below I have a list of horses that usually show up plus a spot for you to write in your own pick. Please vote for 5 horses (use the back button to come back and vote again) and lets see who the readers here prefer. I will go through the list of votes periodically and add the more popular horses to the drop down list to help with spelling errors. Remember, if you don't spell the name right or use an odd capitalization the software will think you mean a different horse (example: Citation is different from citation). A list of some of the top contenders with info or links to info about them can be found below the forms.
Since it is not really fair to try and compare Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds, I have added a second section for the harness horses. You can vote 5 horses here as well if you are also a harness fan. If there is enough interest to add a Quarter Horse or Arabian section, please drop me a line.
| Who is your pick for the greatest Thoroughbred of the 20th century? | |
| Who is your pick for the greatest Standardbred of the 20th century? | |
If you would like to send any comments to be included on the list of final results, please send them via the form below. Name, email, and location are optional. If it applies to a specific horse, be sure to include his/her name.
FYI - the software for compiling the votes resides on www.ok88.com which is beyond my control. If it is down when you try to vote or check totals, please try back later.
- Affirmed
- Alydar
- Alysheba
- A.P. Indy
- Buckpasser - Champion 2yo 1965, Champion 3yo and Horse of the Year 1966
- Cigar
- Citation
- Colin - retired undefeated in 15 starts in 1908, all stakes except the first including the Belmont.
- Count Fleet
- Dr. Fager
- Easy Goer - won the Belmont in 1989 and was second to Sunday Silence in the KY Derby, Preakness, and Breeders' Cup Classic
- Equipoise - raced 1930 thru 1935 with a record of 51-29-10-4 and $338,610 in earnings. Wins included Met Mile 3 times, Whitney, Suburban, and a slew of them in Chicago.
- Exterminator
- Forego
- John Henry
- Kelso
- Lamtarra
- Man O'War
- Nashua - raced from 1954 thru 1956 with a record of 30-22-4-1 and $1,288,565 in earnings. Champion 2yo and 3yo and Horse of the Year in 1955, wins included the Preakness, Belmont, the famous match race with Swaps, the Jockey Club Gold Cup twice, and the Suburban.
- Native Dancer
- Needles - Champion 3yo in 1956, won the KY Derby and Belmont, 2nd in the Preakness.
- Northern Dancer
- Octagonal - 1995 Champion 2yo In Australia, 1996 Champion 3yo and Horse Of The Year In Australia
- Personal Ensign
- Phar Lap
- Pleasant Tap
- Ribot - undefeated in 16 starts in Europe 1954-1956, won the Arc de Triomphe twice
- Ruffian
- Saintly - won the Melbourne Cup in 1996
- Seabiscuit
- Seattle Slew
- Secretariat
- Sham - 2nd to Secretariat in the KY Derby and Preakness
- Spectacular Bid
- Sunday Silence - record of 14-9-5-0 with $4,968,554 in earnings. Champion 3yo and Horse of the Year 1989, won KY Derby, Preakness, Santa Anita Derby, Super Derby, Breeders' Cup Classic
- Swaps
- Sysonby - raced in 1904-1905 and had a record of 15-14-0-1 with $184,438 in earnings, outstanding for that time, and was found to be doped in his only loss. He contracted a skin ailment and died in his stall after his 1905 season.
- Tom Fool
- War Admiral
- Whirlaway
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