At his peak he would have defeated Winx. He was almost unbeatable on a dry track. The only Australian horse to win the Japan Cup and at a non ideal distance of 2400m. At 2000m he was untouchable at his peak.
His career was cut short due to injury, had he have continued racing injury free he would have gone down as one of the best Australian racehorses since Pharlap. Think about this, no other Australian trained race horse has won a prestigious international group 1 race since Better Loosen Up. Even So You Think could not replicate this kind of performance. BLU has the highest time form rating of any Australian trained horse in the modern era It is just a shame that BLU is almost forgotten in discussions about past greats.
@@Progamble So true. BLU is the only Australian horse to beat the world's best at the "Olympics" of horse racing at the time - the Japan Cup. Something that neither Winx, BC, Diva and even Kingston Town ever did. The only Aussie horse to go overseas and win the world's richest race was Phar Lap and the field he faced was not in the same league as what BLU faced in Japan. BLU's Japan Cup win is the greatest achievement by an Australian horse on the world stage.
Thanks for uploading this! The Bryan Martin call doesn't exist anywhere on RU-vid. A shame they chose to split the screen with a couple of inconsequential overs of cricket.
