The World's Most Versatile Horses

[wangkw]

Exceller

Won in competitive races in 4 countries, incl US, Canada, UK, France
Won 8 G1 races on Turf
Won 2 G1 races on Dirt. Beat 2 triple crown horses in the Jockey Gold Cup
Won from 10f to 15.5f

Secretariat

Won G1 on both Dirt and Turf
Won from 6f, 6.5f, 7f,8f,9f to 13f

John Henry
Won 1 G1 on dirt, the rest on turf
Won at 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8
Won from 6f to 28f

[Fair Play]

Dance Smartly

1988 DANCE SMARTLY,f,Danzig 3 17 12 2 3 3,263,835 (108) 159.35
North America 2 YO Record * 5 3 1 1 206,634 ( 96)
North America Turf Record * 6 3 1 2 1,412,640 (104)
North America Dirt Sprints 4 3 1 0 88,392 (100)
North America Dirt Routes 7 6 0 1 1,762,790 (108)
North America Muddy/Sloppy 1 0 1 0 22,584 ( 96)
DP = 7-12-15-0-0 DI = 3.53 CD = 0.76 AWD = 8.50
At 2 Won Natalma S. -L (72,500), 2nd Ontario Debutante S. (R) -L
(100,000), 3rd Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies -G1 (1,000,000)
At 3 Won Molson Export Million S. -G2 (1,000,000), Breeders' Cup Distaff
-G1 (1,000,000), Queen's Plate S. (R) (O) (250,000), Breeders' S. (R)
(O) (250,000), Canadian Oaks (R) (O) (150,000), Prince Of Wales S.
(R) (O) (150,000), Selene S. -L (100,000), Star Shoot S. -L (60,000)
At 4 Won Canadian Maturity (R) (O) (50,000), 2nd King Edward Gold Cup H.
-G3 (150,000), 3rd Beverly D. S. -G1 (500,000), Arlington Breeders'
Cup Hcp. -L (50,000)

Won from five furlongs on dirt to a mile and a half on turf. Beat older males and females. Producer.

[bdw0617]

this is even a dicsussion?

Dr. Fager

he won champion sprinter, handicap horse and turf horse.

IN THE SAME YEAR.

/thread

[zinn21]

Precisionist..

[Venusian]

Tristan.

[Bollin Zola]

Alderbrook - Winner of the Group Two Prix Dollar, the Group Three Select Stakes and the Listed Festival Stakes all on the flat; and the Champion Hurdle.

[wangkw]

I would say any horse which can excel both in flat and jump races is versatile in a class of its own.

Some horses in fact started off racing career in flat races, and later made inroads into jump events.

I guess most of these defectors didn't manage to impress their connections with the earlier endeavors.

A good analogy is Ping Pong, which is overwhelmingly popular and competitive in China, so many
players were turfed out to other sports which are less crowded.

[apexseal]

Exceller

John Henry
Won at 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8

Err.. and at 9.

[wangkw]

Yes..thanks..JH raced even more fiercely and won at 9.

[FOS]

hi wangkw

Yes..thanks..JH raced even more fiercely and won at 9.

The Tin Man too was among the rarest of rare that won a G1 at age 9.

Respectfully

[wilf]

Although we are discussing versatility ,not durability I guess that the two eventually go hand in hand. My vote goes to the incredible Sea Pigeon who was a top class handicap runner going long on the flat and then won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham twice I think at an advanced age. It must be mentioned that Red Rum did win on the flat going 5 furlongs before he was a wonder horse steeplechaser.

[wangkw]

Yes...Sea Pigeon did win twice in Chester Cup and the 1979 version of Ebor H...If I am not wrong..they
are listed races...nevertheless..this should not overwhelm his versatility as well as durability.

Raffles Hotel, Singapore Sling...Wilf..you must be well versed with tropical tracks.....read your earlier posts
....not just only involved in racing in NA and OZY...seems you reside near an Aus stud too ?

[Lucy]

Exterminator.

Won 50 out of 100 races (only ran unplaced 16 times), at distances ranging from 5.5 furlongs to 2 1/4 miles. Took on all comers, carried weight, wasn't bothered by travel, or fussy about track condition. Even human connections didn't matter to him - he had eight different trainers and won for all of them.

They didn't run on turf in his day, but that probably wouldn't have bothered him, either.

[wangkw]

Yes...respect Exterminator...thats good thing which can run on 2 to 4 legs.

[griff]

Suggest you chage the title of this post to:

"The World's Most Versatile Thoroughbred Horse"

griff