Simply thee best! But his great×3 granddaughter was theee queen

Secretariat is the best....no other can match him!

@@suzannerobbins6293 Yep, no question. Pegasus in the flesh, he won’t be duplicated in my lifetime.

@@Psyfi85 You agree we witnessed the best of God’s greatest! Secretariat ran for God, and God gave this horse all he needed! Thanks too’ ❤️

No Thumbs Up for any list that does not have Secretariat as NUMBER ONE! (I did give your comment a Thumbs Uo!)

Zenyatta is queen of the females. Please don't disrespect the great Zenyatta

@@boswindle9050 I thought ruffian was the queen of the fillies.

@@thepowerfulwolfspirit.2581 Ruffian never beat a male horse or raced outside of New York

@Smoggington then why didn't they race her against male horses? Oh wait

@Smoggington I can't read but you can lie. When did they race her against male horses besides the one she broke her leg in? Zenyatta raced male and female horses and beat both. Ruffian never beat a male horse. Or do I need to say it in ebonics so you can understand too?

Was it when he ran in the Belmont coming in 3rd in a very slow time. He did have a great 4 year old campaign

Suggest you go back a little further before your time and do some research on Dr . Fager the fastest horse to ever run. Check the weight imposts and the times and you will see why and also watch the videos they are available. James Keeney

@@jameskeeney2032 struggled at 10f . Blazing fast, carried ridiculous weights. If you LOOK you will see SB was UNDEFEATED 7f to 10f (24 for 24)10f WORLD RECORD. Dr. Fager was an impressive runner but “better” than SB No

@@kennethgoldfarb8614 I don't know where you're getting information from but I know he was soundly beaten by Affirmed and never carried the weights that Dr. Fager did. You are certainly entitled to your opinion and he was an outstanding horse. James Keeney

@@jameskeeney2032 It's Dr Fager for me, too. Only 3 horses ever finished in front of him--one was the 2 year old champ and the other 2 were Horse of the Year. He was the only horse to win 4 championships in one year (not yet called Eclipse awards.) Set world record for the mile that lasted for decades, carrying 134 pounds. Fatal flaw was that he couldn't really be rated--Damascus only beat him by running with a rabbit. There have been a lot of great horses, some of which can plausibly be called greater than Dr Fager, but none can plausibly be called faster, and isn't that at heart what really matters.

Zenyatta isn't in top 50..

He is.

Mr prospector best American DIRT sire..

Hurts my heart to see the sport fading away, and I’m fairly young at just 21 years old, however my grandfather got me into watching the sport and attending Hollywood park and Santa Anita, and I assure that it will never leave my mind, and I’ll always be an avid horse racing fan til the day I die !!! My personal favorites are the Bid, Slew, Affirmed, Secretariat and for ones as of lately it would have to be Arrogate, Pharaoh, Curlin, GhostZapper, and Invasor !!! This year there is one horse in specific that I seriously hope I can add to my list of all time greats, Essential Quality!!!

Tom Durkin outstanding but NOT by far, Dave Johnson also incredible race caller...Proof: listen to his 1988 Belmont Stakes call --- Risen Star..."Eddie Delohousee asks the son of Secretariat for speed and gets it" + last 1/8 mile ....

Chic Anderson. Enough said.

Chic Anderson for the win!

@@rexgoodheart3471 Yep, then Dave by forever. Sorry Durk

Trevor for me

Barbaro never proved he was in the pantheon of top greats. Sorry. I fear he suffers a bit from Martyr Syndrome.

@@bkras483 videos don't lie, you can say whatever you want, history says otherwise, sorry but you cannot be right even when you think you are.

@@FANLIZable has nothing to do with videos. He hardly had a career. He did very well but even going into the Derby Barbaro wasn’t necessarily treated as the overwhelming hero. He raced only 7 times (6 for real) up until early May of the 3yo season. Nothing against him; I was so devastated when the incident happened and never saw the Preakness as it was all about Barbaro. So sad when all their efforts finally failed the next year. But Barbaro did not have much of a career to say he needs to be in top 50. There have been hundreds of great horses in our history, many of the old horses completely ignored, and it is hard to say who should be up there.

Whirlaway is there. He's at the end of the video because I put them in alphabetical order. A quality Triple Crown winner!

@@Arazi124 Thank you, my eyes did not catch that part, love Whirly!

Capossela was the best. Much as I loved watching the horses run, I liked hearing Cappy's race calls even more. "It is now post time. And there off..."

How do you leave off a horse of year

I don't think people today can wrap their heads around Kelso's 5 Jockey club gold cup victories. The equivalent today would be a horse winning 5 Breeders cups classics. Something no horse will ever do.

KELSO ALSO BROKE HIS OWN WORLD RECORDS TOO

@Don't Bet Chalk 1997 Many of his losses were when he carried 15+ pounds more than the rest of the field. Watch him in the Woodward and Jockey Gold Cups. Under equal weights, Kelso was practically invincible. It is true however, he did not like the West Coast tracks. I still consider him overall the greatest American racehorse ever based on body of work.

I AGREE! FORMAL GOLD WAS A,TIGER!! 🐯🐯🐯👑👑👑👑

@Soapbox Suffragette Thanks for noticing Formal Gold is one of my all time favorite horses.

He lost a lot of races to inferior horses see Wood Memorial, Woodward, Whitney etc with absolutely no excuses so on any given day the best ever yes over an entire career no

@@kennethgoldfarb8614 when he did lose he should t have been running due to health plus one of the losses was due to disqualification. Secretariat then the rest period

@@mikewarren1401 The only thing Secretariat and his jockey would see if they were running against Man o' War is the original Big Red's rear end lol. MoW isn't considered the Horse of the Century for nothing.

@@mikewarren1401 And everyone makes excuses as to why their horse lost... Spectacular Bid didn't win the Belmont Stakes because he apparently stepped on a tack that morning. Point Given didnt win the Kentucky Derby because of an apparent jockey error. Etc etc etc... And then you have horses like Phar Lap who won a race with a cracked and bleeding hoof and being weighed down far past the amount that should be tolerable for a horse... I'm not saying Secretariat wasn't a great. He obviously was... But is he THE greatest? No. The G.O.A.T is disputable because so many horses fall into that category for different reasons.

@@drudanng.8567 how’s that. MOW ran mile and a half in 2:28. Big red of 73 has no equal!!!

you're so right , Sir Barton should definitely be in there he never got the respect he deserved !

The really questionable thing about Ruffian entering that match race was entering her (a 3-yr-old filly!) in an especially demanding 10-furlong race only 2 weeks after having run a 12-furlong race, the Coaching Club American Oaks. Foolish Pleasure, in contrast, was coming off a 4-week rest following the Belmont. These days, even that 4-week layoff would be minimal; even by the standards of the 70's, that 2-week rest is difficult to fathom under the circumstances. Plus the match was only Ruffian's 3rd race at over a mile. It was Foolish Pleasure's 7th race at more than a mile. I think she was the better horse, but he was the better seasoned. Her running style was perfectly suited for a match race, though. Match races are typically won by the pacesetter, and never by a horse coming from really far back. The accepted wisdom in such races is to go for the lead and try to keep it, exactly what Ruffian did naturally, anyway. A jockey doesn't rate a horse during a match race. For the match race against War Admiral, Tom Smith trained Seabiscuit to gun it out of the gate. Leroy Jolley did the same for Foolish Pleasure for the 1975 match race. Jolley knew that to beat Ruffian, she had to be challenged for the lead.

Ruffian is over valued due to sentiment because of her death... She beat NOBODY. Lady's Secret best dirt mare of all time..

Shared Belief gets my vote. Golden Gate Fields

Is that some sort of a joke? He holds 1 record, at a distance that nobody hardly runs anymore. He is a full 10 lengths slower than Spectacular Bid ate classic distance of 10 furlongs. In fact, Spectacular Bid is faster at 5f, 6f, 7f, the mile, 1 1/16, 1 1/8, 1 3/8...Swaps had 5 world records when he retired..Secretariat best none of them. Dr Fager was much faster as well at most distances...with tremendous weight on his back..all the horses I mentioned achieved their greatness with as much as 14 more lbs on their back.. look I get It..we all have our favorites. I loved Skip Away. (Who also was faster at 10 furlongs than Secretariat) But wouldn't dream of calling him the greatest. I could make an argument that he was better than Secretariat...but certainly not the 3 horses I mentioned...

@@davidbracher8322 NOPE - Horsemen have to suffer with fans like you who are Secretariat haters. It's like in harness racing where you find the Niatross haters, It's a weird kind of anthropomorphism.

@@davemattia great rebuttal. The trainers of that era agree with me. Mathematics agrees with me, Beyer speed figures agree with me. Historians agree with me. But it's ok. Half this country lives in an alternative reality these days. So have at it.

@@davidbracher8322 All you have to do is google me under my full name. David-Damien Mattia. It will be patently clear that I pretty much know what I am talking about and there is NO ONE in the racing game that I do not know personally.

@@davemattia ok first off, I don't hate any animals. Especially horses. I have devoted much of my life to sport. Especially the history of the game. I literally have a tire room devoted to memorabilia including all 3 triple crown saddle cloths from Whirlaway. And an extensive library to boot. And you are flat out wrong in your assertion that Secretariat holds numerous records. He holds 1.maybe you were referring to restricted racing records??? But those are not recorded. Or maybe even track records. And I do believe he holds/held 3 of those. Look I could go on for hours. I will ad one tidbit to his Belmont run. The NYRA spent 10 hours hard rolling that Belmont surface prior to Belmont day. The undercard yielded some smoking times as well. A Maiden race coughed up a 107 4/5 for six furlongs. And a grade 2 stakes race a 141 2/5 for a mile and 1/16th. Every race was faster than hell. Glib is an understatement. Then you have the big question, why was he full out with a 20 length lead against to what amounted to a pack of claiming horses???? The sport wanted exactly what it got. An eye popping fast race. It was good for a struggling sport. But then lost 2 of his next 3 in open company...And even with all that. His fractions in that race are dwarfed by Spectacular Bids fractions in his world record run....again I don't hate Secretariat. It does offend me some when I see people today who know nothing, spew such nonsense of nobody better. Because it is not true..and he never went through the test of Champions...weight!! He was certainly a great horse. Just not in the same league as several others.....I meant no offense. And I will check you out on Google. I will recommend a good book as well. "The last super horse of the 20th century" by legendary author, Peter Lee. Peace..and have a good day...and if you want to see an amazing race. You tube the 1979 Florida Derby..a track record the hard way..lol

Round Table was a turf horse. Some say he was the greatest turf horse. He also won 43 races in four years. I am not sure that any other horse in history possessed the combination of talent, durability, and resilience required to win so many races in such a short time frame. Round Table was almost indestructible. He also set 16 track, US, and world records and scored 17 wins while carrying between 130 and 136 pounds.

Alphabetical order. 24:00 And i maintain if you ran each of these champions at 1.5 miles, each running their best race of their lives, that Secretariat's Belmont would best them all, either looking at flat times, or comparing Beyer Speed Figures. Andy Beyer went back and computed the fig for Big Red's 1973 Belmont, and came out with a 149. No other horse has come close.

@@garylobo348 Why the Mile and a half. The Champions distance is a Mile and a quarter. A lot of these horses never even ran the Mile and a half. But put it this way, when Spectacular Bid set the still standing world record at the Classic distance in 1:57.69. he was eased up the last 1/16th of a mile. It could have been much faster. So if he just jogged another 1/4 mile in 26 flat. He beats Secretariat at that distance as well by 3 lengths. He also did his record with a 130 lbs on his back. So if that scenario took place. There would not be a single distance where Secretariat was within 3 lengths of the Bid. They don't call the Bid "the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle" for nothing. It is because he was. And he certainly never lost to horses like Onion and Phone out.

@@sl-rt5kv certainly a great one. Carried a 130 lbs or more 25 times. Something Secretariat never did. And Citation could never win with that threshold weight.

@@davidbracher8322 spectacular bid ran out of gas in the Belmont and lost the triple crown. Secretariat destroys the field and set the Belmont record. Oh that’s right, Secretariat holds all three records in the triple crown.

Are their any great mares in here, i dont think so. You never see people reference mares much.

Rachel is in here.

Hence why I think Secretariat is super overrated

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THOSE WERE SLOWER HORSES BY STANDARDS. KELSO WOULD HAVE TOW ROPED THEM. SO WOULD HAVE DR. FAGER! A JET!!

@@captainamericaamerica8090 The tracks were far slower, and Colin ran in steel shoes.

KELSO RAN ON SLOW SLOPPY TRACKS TOO. SOME MODERN HORSES HAVE TO RUN ON STEEL SHOES TOO. IT DOESN'T SLOW THEM UP MUCH AT ALL. WHEN THE SWITCH WAS MADE TO ALUMINUM SHOES, THE HORSES DID NOT START BREAKING RECORDS.

@@captainamericaamerica8090 No, tracks were sharply modernized beginning in the 1950s. And in the Spring of 1973, Secretariat’s Triple Crown year, good allowance horses were breaking track records across North America. Were they better than Man O’War? Anyway, my assertion is a lot easier to defend than yours. All I’m saying is that there were truly great horses not included on the list. That’s easier to defend than your belief that Kelso would beat any other horse that ever lived. That’s pretty unprovable when comparing horses born over 50 years apart. BTW, even if Kelso is better than Colin or Discovery, can’t they be on the same list in a lower slot?

@@johnhoie1 It's easier for me to defend Kelso here, than you defending horses who never beat the Many Champions that Kelso beat, international Champions too. I never said colin, nor discovery, didn't belong on the list. Colin did nothing at stud. Discovery did Great!! That's genetics for you. You never know. Kelso had a double Dose of Man O' War!! Amazing MAN" O" WAR! TIZ NOW, HAD THIS SIMILAR KELSO GENE! WON BACK TO BACK BREEDERS' CUPS CLASSICS

I was at that Preakness with my father. He's my favorite horse ever, just buried Sunday Silence in the Belmont. the breeders cup that year was a hell of a good race too!

*Easy Goer had Top 5 All time Talent* Top 5 talent? He sure didn't have the kind of talent that a horse like Round Table, ranked #17 in the Bloodhorse top 100, had. Round Table won 3 times as many races, 43, than the 14 races Easy Goer won. By the time Easy Goer retired at age 4, Round Table had already won 34 races. Round Table won on dirt, turf, east, west and all over the place. He won more races carrying between 130-136 pounds, 17, than Easy Goer won in a career that only consisted of carrying lesser weights. RT set 16 track, US, and World records. He did all of this running a meat grinder of a racing schedule that might have destroyed a horse like Easy Goer. To put it simply, Easy Goer's simply lacked the ability to win large numbers of major races that Round Table possessed. Sure RT had his off days, but he was the closest thing to an indestructible winning machine that I can think of.

DAMASCUS IS HERE! DARK MIRAGE ISN'T. SHE WAS A FILLY TRIPLE CROWN WINNER BY OVER 33 LENGTHS TOTAL. SHE ALSO BROKE COUNT FLEET'S TRACK RECORD AT BELMONT PARK. ACK ACK ISN'T HERE EITHER. HE WAS A MONSTER. HORSE OF THE YEAR! HANDICAP HORSE OF THE YEAR ! SPRINT CHAMP TOO! A POOR LIST HERE

Buckpasser is there

@@deawallach3404 Poor list. Made by a rookie. A Novice.

You might not have noticed because his name was misspelled

@Soapbox Suffragette I will, after You do!!

Slew was also one of my favorites his 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup in my opinion is second only to Secretariat's Belmont. Most determined and courageous horse I ever saw. James Keeney

@@jameskeeney2032 yall keep sayin time. What happened to that time against Onion or Angie Light two horses in which Secretariat lost down the stretch to. Time isn't the only factor in horse racing

Although time is usually the standard of which great racehorses are measured it is meaningless if you don't win which was the case with Sham.If you take away the 1977 Swaps Stakes a race in which Slew should have never been entered he lost two races both by a nose and destroyed Affirmed in their two meetings and Affirmed was a better horse than Sham. Secretariat 's Belmont race was only possible because the pace of the first half was not fast but if you look at the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup the early pace was suicidal and for Slew to find the courage to make another run in the late stretch was incredible. So as you said the time which in Secretariat's case was phenomenal I dare say that if Sham had pushed him to a 45.1 half there would not have been a 2.24 final time. It is impossible to compare the races of the great horses because races set up differently due to competition,distance,track conditions, weight imposts and how fit the horse is at race time. Your point about Onion and Angle Light is well taken they probably would never have beaten Slew. Arguing about who is best is fun but its usually a matter of personal preference and there can be host of supporting stars but it's not a winnable argument James Keeney

@@jameskeeney2032 thank you. While time is an important factor as you just stated it isn't the only factor. Pace, track conditions, jockey, horse health, weather all play a factor in the outcome of a race.

Slew didn't run as fast a time in the Belmont as Affirmed because he didn't have to. Some horses are back off a little bit if they have a lead. Slew smashed Affirmed twice with the slower horse time wise. Which is why i am saying what i am saying. Like Slew in his Belmont was up 5 lengths. What is the point in winning by 10.A win by a nose or by 10 still nets the same result.

Ruffian is the best

Man o war and secretariate and zenyatta

And damascus

And personal ensign etc

Ruffian should be #1

The horses are in Alphabetical order A to Z

Not even close

Lure is not even Close to a Top 50 All Time horse

joe chrow That’s probably true, but Lure’s definitely better than at least a few horses on this list.

@@joechrow8341 you must be kidding. There's no way that Lure or AP Indy does not make the list when it comes to top 50 American horses. GTFOH 🤣

@@joechrow8341 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 at Lure not even close to being a top 50 horse. Opinions Vary

@@shawncarter5540 So i guess you put Paradise Creek in Top 50 as well...

Totally arguable.

I agree,,,,what could have been.

Really? Which horses would you pick over Dr. Fager, Bold Ruler or Ghostzapper at 6 furlongs?

@@johnhoie1, Midnight Lute would have to be considered. 2 time Breeder's Cup Sprint Champion with a best time of 1:07.08.

@@johnhoie1 How about Mr. Prospector? And not only a great sprinter but a Champion in all of his pedigree... Look him up please! And just for good measure; my top three sprinter's of all time are Mr. P......... Artax......... and the great Kona Gold!

@@GB_Rad71 Mr. Prospector was an outstanding sprinter, but he lost half his races. He also got whipped by Forego (!) at 7 furlongs, with Forego carrying more weight. Mr. P was a fabulous sire, but he was not a great runner.

Not the best ever. Look at where he ranks in blood horse.

@@mikewarren1401 Bloodhorse" isn't the ultimate Authors' say! No horse held more records than Kelso! No horse held as many Elite Horse of year Titles. Kelso beat most Champions! Did it at Most Distances Too! Overall no horse can't come Close

@@captainamericaamerica8090 secretariat broke world and track records as a freaking 3 year old with ease. Since you are right. So me one list they has kelso over Big Red of 73’. I mean you have no case. Not even going to waste my breath on this one. 2:24. It will never be broken.

Kelso great horse no doubt. Awesome run of accomplishments!!! Just not Secretariat. If they had run big red for 2 miles Kelso no doubt would not hold that record. Please just show me one list he is above the horse God built!!!

@@mikewarren1401 You're a, BLIND FOOL! SECRETARIAT COULDN'T WIN THE WHITNEY STAKES. A CHEAP HORSE NAMED ONION BEAT SEC! KELSO WON THE WHITNEY THREE TIMES, IN ROW! YOU'RE TOTALLY DELUSIONAL

Dortmund?...You obviously must be Joking

@joe chrow Well duhhh 😜😄

BECAUSE HER OWNER PUT HER ON 3 TRACKS SHE IS STILL THE BEST LEAVE IF U BEING A HATER IM HER BIGGEST FAN OK SO F*CK OF

Best at what? She ran against inferior competition

@@spaz5138 zenyatta wasn't the best. no need to start swearing, you're being dramatic. Zeny wasn't the best.

@Soapbox Suffragette she was a great horse no doubt but I don’t know about beating Rachel. Longer race maybe but a mile and 3/16. I just don’t think so

@Soapbox Suffragette yes sir I agree. You had just stated that Z was the best. That’s why I replied. Ruffian was a beast

Round Table is there. I guess you didn't watch the video properly.

What about man o war??

Highly arguable. Very highly. One race does not make a great.

No way. Its Ruffian, she's has never lost a race.

​@@theOlLineRebeldo you talk about the triple crown? If Ruffian didn't broken down, she too would have participated at triple crown race.

​@@seabiscuit7116 you have right

Ravaged mankind lol..stfu idiot

@@willl7780 hahahahahahaha. imbecile