Sea The Stars, best horse in the world

[Risen Star]

Tiimeform's top ranking of Sea The Stars is no surprise to me.

There are also five Americans in "The Global Top 30": Well Armed, Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta, Geo Ponti, and Mine That Bird.

Here is the link to the Timeform Global Rankings - Issue 10 from the Timeform website:

http://www.timeform.com/display_article ... nkings.asp

[Sonyaluvslavaman]

I see Well Armed is highly rated. Anyone know which race he is pointing to next?

[PrivateSmiles]

I would disagree with the placings of Yeats & Takeover Target. I think they should be higher than they are. Just MHO.

[Risen Star]

I would disagree with the placings of Yeats & Takeover Target. I think they should be higher than they are. Just MHO.

Yeats' fourth consecutive Ascot Gold Cup win was the highlight of Royal Ascot, IMO. We don't see stayers like that.

[PrivateSmiles]

Yeah, what's up with placing Yeats that low? He did something incredibly incredible.

[Risen Star]

Yeah, what's up with placing Yeats that low? He did something incredibly incredible.

I don't know, unless it has to do with the fact that quality stayers and long distance races are rare, so they just don't look that closely at these horses. That's just a guess and I hope I'm very wrong.

Here's a horse with so many accomplishments through his long career, and to my understanding he also ran in the Melbourne Cup a few year ago. He didn't win, but he shipped a very long way to run in one of the sport's most elite races.