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The greatest thoroughbreds to have ever lived

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In over 150 years of history, there have been a number of brilliant racehorses to grace the course all around the world. A select few, however, have established themselves as the absolute best of the best; in contention for the greatest racehorses ever. In this article, we’re going to take a look at some of them – six horses who established themselves as well and truly among the most brilliant thoroughbreds of all time.

Secretariat

Secretariat is widely regarded as one of the best thoroughbreds of all-time, having compiled a resumé in the 1970s that few either before or since could claim to rival. He was the Triple Crown winner in 1973, but that fails to truly explain what he did to his competition that year. A more apt term would be destroyed, with a 31-length win in the Belmont Stakes perhaps the most notable of his victories. Unsurprisingly, that is the largest win in any Triple Crown event in history. He also set records, either for his age or for the track, in every major three-year-old event in the United States of America. Winning 16 of the 21 races in which he started, Secretariat was deservedly named American Horse of the Year in both 1972 and 1973, years in which he etched himself into the record books as one of the greatest racehorses of all time. 

Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by a large margin

Man o’ War

Man o’ War was foaled way back in 1917 in the United States, with his name an apt reflection of the disagreeable temperament he displayed throughout his career. Clearly, however, that temperament did nothing to get in his way of winning. The stallion entered in 21 races throughout the course of his storied career, and in only one of those was he not the first horse past the post. His owner never allowed him to compete in a Triple Crown event, but having won 20 out of 21 races in those which he was allowed to enter, we can safely assume that he would have probably done pretty well.

Winx

Almost 100 years after Man o’ War was foaled, Winx was born. By the time she was finished with her career, she’d accumulated over $26 million in winnings, won a total of 25 Group 1 races – which remains a world record – was named Australian Horse of the Year in four consecutive years, and become inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. Winx was as good as it gets, winning 37 of her 43 races in a streak which included a record breaking four consecutive wins in the prestigious Cox Plate at Moonee Valley. So dominant was she that at the peak of her powers, Australian bookmakers had her installed as an incredible $1.04 favourite for the George Ryder Stakes. She won easily. Winx had a lightning fast turn of foot, and became a favourite of the racing public both in Australian and around the world over the course of her extraordinary career. 

Makybe Diva

Makybe Diva may not have the overall record of some of the other horses in this list – though a record of 15-4-3 from her 36 races is nothing to sneeze at – but she delivered on the biggest stage time and time (and time) again. Foaled in England then shipped to Australia as a yearling, Makybe Diva first established herself as a world-class stayer when she won the Melbourne Cup in 2004. The next year, she did it again, joining a select list of horses to have won The Race That Stops A Nation multiple times over the course of its well over 100-year history. In 2006, she separated herself into a league of her own, winning the biggest race in the country and one of the biggest in the world for a third consecutive time, and going down in the record books as one of the greatest of all time in the process.

Maybe Diva

Black Caviar

Another Australian, and one of the fast to have ever lived, Black Caviar was foaled in 2006 and between the years of 2009 and 2013, put together one of the most impressive careers in the history of the sport. The vast majority of Black Caviar’s career – 24 of 25 races, to be exact – took place in Australia, and she won every single one of them. On the solitary occasion that she ventured overseas, she competed in the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Stakes. She won that, too. Black Caviar was unsurprisingly named the Australian Racehorse of the Year, and the Australian Champion Sprinter, three times in a row. With 15 of the sprinter’s 25 wins coming at Group 1 level, Black Caviar was one of the quickest horses we’ve ever seen, and one of the greatest of all time no matter which way you look at it.

Kincsem 

We hark back well over a hundred years for our next entrant into the list of greatest racehorses of all time, to a runner widely regarded as the greatest to ever come out of Eastern Europe. Kincsem was foaled way back in 1874 in Hungary, and over the course of her career won in what is now Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, UK and France. Her track record speaks for itself; Kincsem entered in 54 races in her career, and won 54 races. It might have been a different sport to what it is today, but it’s an astonishing career nonetheless. 

The above is a list which is indicative of racing’s rich history, with the above six horses’ careers spanning close to 150 years. From Kincsem in the 1800s through to Winx just a few short years ago, each of the above can lay claim to being in the conversation for the greatest racehorse of all time. 

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