2004 Breeders' Cup Classic - Ghostzapper + Post Race

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Ghostzapper had one thing going for him Saturday in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic: He is a very fast horse. But he had never run a mile and a quarter, his trainer was a miserable 2 for 62 in the Breeders' Cup and he was supposed to be caught up in a speed duel that would threaten his chances.
Sometimes, though, this game can be simple. Ghostzapper, a 4-year-old who had not been beaten this year and who had posted incredibly fast speed figures, outran 12 others every step of the way in the Classic. Ghostzapper did it the easy way, going to the front and never trailing, winning by three lengths over Roses in May in record time before 53,717 fans at Lone Star Park.
"He's just faster than they are," Bobby Frankel, Ghostzapper's trainer, said.
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@victoranthony9037 5 лет назад

This field was STACKED. What an amazing performance by Ghostzapper.

@steventesta6782 4 года назад

Bobby Frankel one of the best trainers of all time!! RIP Bobby.

@claudiapost-schultzke7216 Год назад

Absolutely

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@Thelastgenuinearticle 5 лет назад

What a field, Ghostzapper, perfect drift, pleasently perfect, funny cide....

@pabloesco6945 2 года назад

And don’t forget one of the greatest mares of all time Azeri

@ezequielcrespofigueroa2047 Год назад

And Roses In May won the DWC 2 races after the BCC

@michellelowetransactioncoo2538 11 месяцев назад

& Birdstone

@danc3831 5 лет назад

I witnessed every TC Winner going back except Citation. I personally saw Kelso run just knee high to my father and I was hooked. Cigar, Fager who I watched in stunning awe. The "MONSTER" Secretariat the Great in the Preakness the fastest move from last to first ever seen and the jaw dropping Belmont all under a hand ride. John Henry at his advanced age. There have been so many truly great horses I could fill this page, some many not have ever heard, their careers cut short. Hoist the Flag who I watched from the rail in a 5f workout at Aqueduct. Jean Cruget the jock of Seattle Slew said in 2011 that HTF was the greatest animal he ever mounted hands down and never again. I believed then that I was watching an amazing animal and HTF was the most impressive 2yr.old I had ever seen. Undefeated and breaks down. I cheered hard for them all for they all deserved it. This Ghostzapper was a unique animal in that a "sprinter" could collect and break track records at every distance to 1/1/4 M. Secretariat, well he is another story from another planet but this Ghostzapper was the "fastest" animal to lay them down @ 6f to 11/4.. How would he have a fared against the "MONSTER"? I would have loved to see it with each horse getting the perfect trip, Castallano going to that whip time and again and Ghostzapper responding while Turcotte letting the "Monster" out a notch with a pocketful of never ending notches.

@johntucker7063 3 года назад

Citation may have been the best until he ran on "cement" at Tanforan.

@leesog3203 8 лет назад

This was a proper Classic.

@rebecca11391 6 лет назад

One of the best horses ever imo great time, great field he beat

@danc3831 4 года назад

...Gale...more than just your opinion but the opinion of every honest horse trainer in the know. Ask the big boys and they will say so and so was great and so and so was one of the greatest they ever saddled ...BUT...and it is always something like...."but this Ghostzapper was something really special".......I watched and loved Dr. Fager, Secretariat and Cigar...BUT......" this Ghostzapper......:-)

@claudiapost-schultzke7216 Год назад

Bingo

@jeffsnell2795 4 года назад

Ghostzapper was a Monster at the Elite Level...He could Flourish at any distance and Bury Grade 1 Fields...He was also Very versatile as he could Wire the field or sit right off the pace or come from dead last at the back of pack...He also did this coming off Very LONG layoffs...He was the real deal and should always be mentioned with the Top Elite Great horses in History

@chocolatetownforever7537 3 года назад

Great points. His versatility in terms of racing style is what would make him dangerous against even the best fields of all time. How would Ghost get a bad trip? He could either wire you even with fast fractions, or sit just off, and blow horses away as they tired.

@bkras483 2 года назад

Don’t forget track condition.

@Caroni100 2 года назад

Ghostzapper (April 6, 2000 - ) * Sire: Awesome Again * Grandsire: Deputy Minister * Dam: Baby Zip * Damsire: Relaunch * Sex: Stallion * Breeder: Adena Spring Farm * Owner: Stronach Stables * Trainer: Robert J. Frankel (R.I.P.) * Jockey: Javier Castellano (9 for 11) * 11 Starts * 9 Wins * 0 seconds * 1 Third * 1 Fourth * $ 3,446,120 earned (Current $ 4,716,892) * 2004 United States Champion Older Male Horse * 2004 United States Horse of the Year * 2004 World´s Top Ranked Horse * Inducted to The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2012 * Greetings from Venezuela Ghostzapper (6 de Abril, 2000 - ) * Padre: Awesome Again * Abuelo paterno: Deputy Minister * Madre: Baby Zip * Abuelo Paterno: Relaunch * Sexo: Semental * Criador: Adena Spring Farm * Propietario: Stronach Stables * Entrenador: Robert J. Frankel (QEPD) * Jinete: Javier Castellano (De 11-9) * 11 Salidas * 9 Primeros * 0 Segundos * 1 Tercero * 1 Cuarto * $ 3,446,120 Producidos ($ 4,716,892 actuales) * Caballo Campeón Maduro en Estados Unidos 2004 * Caballo del año en Estados Unidos 2004 * World´s Top Ranked Horse 2004 * Exaltado al Museo Nacional de las Carreras y Salón de la Fama en 2012 * Saludos desde Venezuela

@joechrow8341 4 года назад

What made this Horse even more impressive is that he was Always coming off Long layoffs...He was also very versatile in distance and Trips...Could Wire the Field or come from the back of the pack...His Vosburgh was 1 of the most eye popping visually impressive Performances i have seen

@jackwoods9604 3 года назад

He was the Type of Natural Talent that Could Have been a BIG Factor in ANY Historical Field and at ANY Distance...

@silvereyedstacker1842 Год назад

Well said. Definitely one of the greats.

@jcjenicek 11 лет назад

an underrated racehorse. He beat the track record at Lonestar by like 6 seconds!!

@CamaroKidd2022 Год назад

You have to have that wrong.

@Icyhotboo 10 лет назад

23.48/23.58/24.32/24.06/23.64 These are the fractions Ghostzapper set with a final time of 1:59.02 His last fraction was "sprinters speed"

@connorduke4619 8 лет назад

+fireworm678 One of my favourite horses and would like to see him take on AP over 10f. In his last 4f he closed in an impressive 47.70s. This as a peak 4.5y.o., with a rails run on a relatively fast track. Big Red as a just turned 3 y.o. closed 10f in 46.40s, running wide on a slower track. The difference between very, very, good and greatest.

@Icyhotboo 8 лет назад

+Ecky Thimble I wrote the following on another Secretariat video.With the Belmont Stakes sandwiched in between, Secretariat, starting with the Kentucky Derby proceeded to deliver the most devastating series of six consecutive Grade 1 stakes triumphs ever witnessed at North American race tracks. His last three performances were against the best older horses that dared to face him, open to one and all, in the world. His last two being at 1 1/2 miles and 1 5/8 miles on turf in which he decimated the fields by 12 lengths with times respectively of 2:24.4/5 and 2:41.4/5 Secretariat's Belmont stakes triumph simply put was the single greatest racing performance yet delivered in the history of Thoroughbred racing. His like will not be seen again! Good day!

@connorduke4619 8 лет назад

+fireworm678 Good catch on the G1 sequence. Each time breaking a record: TR, TR, WR, WR, TR, Margin Record... several of which still stand.

@careympls8218 6 лет назад

Notice how his final 3 quarters get progressively faster. You NEVER see that at a mile and 1/4 dirt race that has a legitimate pace. G.O.A.T, IMO.

@mikewarren1401 5 лет назад

Big red set 2 track records and a world record in the triple crown series. Doing all this as a 3 year old. Just imagine him as a 4 year old. There is a reason he is at the top of everybody’s list.

@kwgrid 6 лет назад

Interesting side note is that Ghostzapper has a horse in his pedigree that I had never heard of before: Hawaii. He's in his dam line. He was a South African horse with a record of 28 starts, 21 wins, 2 place, and 3 shows. Though he raced primarily in South Africa, he did race some in the U. S. and won 1969 American Champion Turf Horse award. He won 2 turf races at a 1 1/2, the Man O'War where he set a track record and The Stars and Stripes Handicap. He was inducted into the Aiken Thoroughbred Hall of Fame in 1977. In South Africa he was the 2 y/o and 3 y/o champion. Ghostzapper is in Justify's dam line, but Hawaii is also in his sire line via a different mare that came down to Scat Daddy via his sire.

@daniel_moretti 3 месяца назад

That's awesome information, never heard of Hawaii before.

@joechrow8341 5 лет назад

Some forget how "stacked" this Race was...Ghostzapper could go to the lead...Sit right off the lead...Or come from dead last 20 lengths out of it and still "Dominate" the Race...And off 1 LONG layoff after the other...And could run lights out fast time Sprinting or at a Mile and all the way up to 1 1/4...Ghostzapper was a BRILLIANT talent

@danc3831 4 года назад

Joe...watch this animal in the Vosburg Handicap. 8 lengths out with a 1/8 to run and is hand ridden to a 6 length (could have easily been 16) victory. Who could make up this much ground so quickly in a gallop hand ride in a grade 1? This BC race was stacked with some brilliant runners just waiting while Roses in May was supposedly doing his job. Pleasantly Perfect was a beast and got blown away in record time and that time still stands till this day.

@joechrow8341 4 года назад

@@danc3831 watched it many times.....That is the Race i described in my statement....Zapper was an absolute Monster

@DanielSong39 2 года назад

@@joechrow8341 His last loss (In the King's Bishop) was pretty hilarious, he's not in the picture for the entire race then makes up 5 lengths in the last 3 jumps to miss by half a length

@Ricardo-kz6mf 3 года назад

Lost in the Fog, Barbaro, Ghostzapper, and many more. Lots of great horses.

@cindyzormeier3361 7 лет назад

I was there, what a great day of seeing great horses

@sbdgrwnmrw6085 9 лет назад

zapp was a fucking monster....

@bg147 9 лет назад

+sbdgrwnmrw I wonder if AP could warm him up.

@sbdgrwnmrw6085 9 лет назад

+bg147 i imagine it would have been a hell of a race, and even though i would take zapp any day over ap by no means would i assume it to be automatic or routine for zapp.... i think it would take a best effort from zapp to beat ap.... zapp's stride and the rate of speed he was traveling at was just ridiculous when crossing the finish line of this race... he showed no sign of fatigue at the finish.... his stride was as efficient at the end as it was from the quarter pole through the entire stretch.... in no way would it be unreasonable to think he would have hit a :24 or :25 for a mile and a half had he been asked to continue flying for one more quarter with the way he looked at the finish at :59 flat.... j. castellano was celebrating 200 yrds before the finish... disgusting....

@FreshCutFrenchFries 8 лет назад

+bg147 I personally believe that GZ was a Triple Crown winner, just never got the chance. Zapper would win but not by much

@bg147 8 лет назад

Incitatus I really don't think the two can be compared. AP beat a steady diet of plodders and middle movers and I don't know how good he was. In the one race where they put the wood to him, he struggled. There could have been other circumstances that lead to this but I doubt it. When a horse loses and people talk about the horse being tired, I don't buy it. Top trainers don't run tired top horses. Ghostzapper beat some monsters. All of this is just my opinion and is based on watching tens of thousands of races over the years, but it is an opinion and could be because I dislike both owner and trainer. My guess is that Ghostzapper would blow his doors off and Formal Gold would do the same. I would say the same thing in a match race. The other way to beat him would have been to soften him up with a gunner and run him down with a late runner. Two horses would have been required because his tactical speed is what made him the horse he was. He caught a year with little speed and a few horses dropped out of the Classic. He was a very good horse and beat what they threw at him, but I don't see him in the top 50. Again, just an opinion.

@GermanOperaSinger 8 лет назад

+bg147 In my lifetime I've never seen a dirt horse move the way Z did. He wasn't the soundest horse but on his best day from a mile to 10f on dirt I truly think only Dr. Fager could have ever kept up with him. One thing AmPh did show was that he was a very strong galloper who could carry his high cruising speed over 12f when loose on the lead, and I have doubts as to whether Z could maintain his speed over that distance. AmPh was a very good horse but he benefited from weak competition and no early speed to pressure him. You just can't let a horse of that caliber run 2nd quarters in 24 and change, they're never coming back from that.

@Caroni100 7 лет назад

Javier Castellano (nacido el 23 de Octubre de 1977 en Maracaibo, Venezuela) ¡Extraordinario jinete ganador de cuatro Premios Eclipse al Mejor Jinete (2013, 2014, 2015 y 2016) y de más de 5.000 carreras en los Hipódromos de Estados Unidos ¡Que gran triunfo el que consiguió a lomos de Ghotstzapper! ¡Honor a quien honor merece! ¡Saludos desde Venezuela!

@freelancingartisan 8 часов назад

He's in my top 10 of North American's greatest.

@mysteriousxman6486 4 года назад

Ghostzapper's talent has been mostly forgotten it seems. He was one of the best horses ever, but somehow never managed to make a lasting impact like some lesser horses have.

@daniel_moretti 3 месяца назад

You can see at around 4:25 Ghostzapper doesn't fully straighten his right front leg. He doesn't look very sound, but boy was he fast.

@FreshCutFrenchFries 11 лет назад

Just like his daddy did! my fav; Awesome Again! One of Canada's greatest!

@DanielSong39 4 года назад

Is that the same racing silk?

@Caroni100 2 года назад

@@DanielSong39 Yes, my friend. Both horses were owned by Frank Stronach. Jockey Javier José Castellano dedicated his BC Classic triumph to his father Abel Castellano, who was also a jockey and was killed in 2000 by criminals in Venezuela. God bless him! 🙏🏽 🙏🏼 🙏🏿 Greetings from Venezuela 🇻🇪

@mme.dilettante 5 лет назад

The quintessential router with sprinter’s speed 🖤💛❤️

@garrettdruhan391 5 лет назад

Would be interesting to see if there was a speed bias that day. They went 1,2 around the track with rediciouls fractions

@joechrow8341 4 года назад

Well they were the 2 Best Horses in the Race...That had a lot to do with the outcome

@warrenmeltzer4892 2 года назад

Yep. Roses in may was really good but unfortunately ghostzapper was onw one the best ever

@chocolatetownforever7537 7 лет назад

Could be the fastest racehorse of all time. Big Red was amazing, but even he would have his hands or hooves full with this horse. Really underrated champion.

@danc3831 6 лет назад

The name of the game is not to have the fastest horses in fractions but the FIRST horse to the wire. All the speed in the world only matters where you spend and who you can spend it against on the track. Secretariat spent his at the wire and his times followed him. Ghostzapper had incredible SPEED but Secretariat had Pegasus powers getting to the wire. DNA test shows that Ghostzapper was indeed a horse. Secretariat? Still to be determined.

@danc3831 5 лет назад

@@silvereyedstacker1842 We never seen Secretariat go full out under a urging whip. He was hand ridden in all his races without being pushed. Ghostzapper put up 128 Beyers and was the fastest horse I had ever seen at classic distances but did need to be urged on occasion. Who knows if Secretariat had to be urged what his fractions may be. Like I said its not the fastest horse that wins its the horse that hits the wire first. I love this Ghostzapper and would put him in any horses class that ever lived. Being pushed by a rabbit and being pushed by a MONSTER who gains power as the race develops are two different things. Red could wear down a mountain with speed fractions and finish fresh no matter the distance. Still the Ghost gives me chills when I watch him run and does remind me of the Good Doctor. I wish they were all still here in competition. Now that would be equine heaven.

@chocolatetownforever7537 3 года назад

@@danc3831 Relax, my statement wasnt a comparison of Ghostzapper vs. Secretariat. I think Secretariat at his best is the greatest racehorse of all time. My comment was only that Big Red would have his hands full with this horse at HIS best.

@DanielSong39 10 лет назад

Not one, not two, but three independent speed rating all proclaim that Ghostzapper is the fastest horse of all time. They may be onto something here...

@vernonfrance2974 9 лет назад

***** That is absurd. Secretariat did not get to race at 4 and could have beaten this group by open lengths even as a three year old. He set comparable times on much deeper East Coast tracks. Spectacular Bid would have done better as well. As for Zenyatta, she would not have caught a horse with an easy lead and would have had to go even wider on the far turn as it was wall to wall horses all the way out to the eight or nine path, even wider than the best horse in the race Pleasantly Perfect.

@DanielSong39 9 лет назад

Vernon France Secretariat had one outlier race (Belmont) and several great efforts; but not quite like the 6-race run Ghostzapper had to end his career. I can see why the speed rating agencies rate him so highly. Zenyatta would not have had a prayer spotting Ghostzapper 10 lengths at the top of the stretch. Bid, my, what an underrated horse. His 4-year-old form would've had a great chance against Ghostzapper.

@vernonfrance2974 9 лет назад

I am more aware of his record now as I was not able to follow much racing when he ran. Yes, he does seem quite impressive.

@signoresantinoburnett1169 9 лет назад

+Vernon France Ghostzapper raced exclusively on the east coast. Belmont, Saratoga, Aqueduct, and down south at Lonestar.

@DanielSong39 9 лет назад

+Capo Capo Who's your favorite horse? Ghostzapper's fragility is well known and was probably the reason he's not highly regarded as say, Dr. Fager. But I think it's fair to put him on the same pedestal as a horse like Dubai Millennium

@jefferyshoults5000 Год назад

Beast!!!

@stevencooke6451 5 лет назад

Arguably the greatest Breeders Cup performance ever. The chart incorrectly states 3 lengths whereas this was clearly around 4.5. As noted below, the fractions were Secretariat-like. I remember his win a year earlier in the then 7 furlong Vosburgh when he came out of the clouds to win by 6.5 lengths. He should really have been given consideration as one of at least the ten best of all time in North America.

@danc3831 4 года назад

Secretariat never ran a 159.02 in his life even being pushed hard by Sham in 2 races. I am a believer in this Ghostzapper, the most versatile and fastest horse of all time including Red.

@stevencooke6451 3 года назад

@@danc3831 Not sure I'm ready to compare the two, but I do think that had Ghostzapper been sound his whole career he would be in the same conversation. I remember when he came back in the Met Mile in 2005 and he won so easily I thought he might defend his Classic title but alas that was his last race.

@joechrow8341 4 года назад

This field was STACKED also...This Horse would come off 1 Very long layoff after the other and Dominate...Any distance...On the lead...Stalking...Or from Dead last...HUGE Beyer Speed figures...Ghostzapper is a Legend

@angelalf3326 3 года назад

Superzapper!!!!

@SnidgetAsphodel 11 лет назад

@john jenicek Yes he really is. Which is shocking considering how fantastic his record is through and through. How he is not considered on most people's list of best horses of the 21st century is unfathomable. Been making his mark as a sire, too.

@chocolatetownforever7537 3 года назад

Agreed. Ghostzapper seems forgotten when the GOAT discussion takes place. I think its because people only remember the horses who win Triple Crown races.

@DanielSong39 Год назад

@@chocolatetownforever7537 He only ran 11 times Durability counts for a lot and rightfully so

@chocolatetownforever7537 Год назад

@@DanielSong39 Durability is nice, but its also extremely overrated in terms of the GOAT conversation, especially as times go by and standout horses at three are almost never brought back because of risk of injury. Flightline raced one year, and almost EVERY horse racing expert, has put him amongst the greatest ever, and rightfully so. That aside, im talking about Ghostzapper being amongst the greatest of all times in terms of PURE SPEED. The horse has two of the top 15 Beyer speed figures since the mid 70s, with TENS OF THOUSANDS having raced during that time. He was milliseconds from breaking track records from 7 furlongs, to a a mile and an eighth, which is something extremely rare for any horse to be able to say, and to this day, with ALL the insanely great horses that ran in or won the BC Classic, since 1984, Ghostzapper holds the all time record for fastest time in the 38 years the race has been won. Ghostzapper was NASTY, and on his best day, he could run with ANYONE in history. Over and over his times prove that. Who cares if he only ran 11 times? In terms of speed and consistency, he ABSOLUTELY should be in the GOAT convo, just as Flightline should and will be.

@DanielSong39 Год назад

@@chocolatetownforever7537 I mean they're good when they run 3 or 4 times a year If they tried Dr. Fager's campaign they probably would have run up the track or broke down in Race 2 LOL

@johnanthony6664 9 лет назад

This was a very very very good horse with great times in some big races,he can go a mile an a eight or mile an a quarter with the best horses ever,except of cousre big red but a very underated horse

@toddk8114 5 лет назад

2nd best breeders cup classic ever behind cigar’s 1995 race in the slop at Belmont

@daniel_moretti 3 месяца назад

I've got to say the 2001 Tiznow BCC was the best, no offense to Cigar or Ghostzapper.

@indychoate8350 Год назад

Awesome!

@larrylomascolo6289 10 лет назад

Frank Stonach had a grey gelding called Royal Regalia entered in the turf mile,needed a scratch to draw in,no scratches that year for the turf mile,Justin Nixon trained regalia and entered him on undercard Texas mile that day so the shipping of the horse was not a loss,he won that race,had he drawn in the mile frank had a great shot of winning 2 that day,royal was a machine at that time,we went to saratoga in august to run the Four Star Dave,he was driving at the wire beaten a length to the favorite,July broke turf 1 mile record 131.4 at woodbine ,he was supplemented in to b.cup ,it to bad he did not get in ,horse was at peak of his career,record still holding gona be tough to break....

@signoresantinoburnett1169 9 лет назад

+larry lomascolo Wise Dan took down that 1:31.4 mark in 2013. 1:31.3 for a mile at woodbine on turf.

@danc3831 6 лет назад

No horse has ever ran fractions in a race faster than the one before. Secretariat did just that.

@anchorbayvinny4182 3 года назад

He has the highest average Beyer since they’ve started publishing them, Candy Ride was close but it was a small sample size

@abrahamjackson6019 3 года назад

In my opinion the greatest horse in history nobody talks about. I started following racehorses since 87 I'm a late bloomer only other ones that comes closes is Invarsor.

@jmchi4735 Год назад

@@abrahamjackson6019 What do you think of Flightline and Curlin?

@abrahamjackson6019 Год назад

@@jmchi4735 Flightline reminds me a lot of GhostZapper, I'm not comparing him to the Great GhostZapper similar running styles. Flight line and Curlin is the "truth" great horses.....

@DanielSong39 Год назад

Candy Ride was another great one

@barryreinitz7331 4 года назад

I loved Roses in May who was a beautiful coal black horse and if not for the Ghost would have won preaty impressivly. I was so upset the sold him to Japan but the did keep Kittens Joy so what do I know. This was a GREAT FIELD

@myclearsoulusa 3 года назад

stacked classic field and GZ made it look like an allowance

@joechrow8341 6 лет назад

Roses in May was a VERY good horse...Better than rest of this field i felt before race...Just could not deal with a GREAT horse in the race Ghostzapper...

@Caroni100 10 лет назад

"Domínguez y Castellano hablaron ya" Erick Pignoloni, narrdor y comentarista hípico venezolano

@cousy65nc61 6 лет назад

My favourite American horse .

@petercameron4576 2 года назад

Had to come here after KNICKS GO...2021

@danc3831 5 лет назад

Fastest horse of all time bar none.

@mikewarren1401 5 лет назад

How?

@DanielSong39 4 года назад

@@mikewarren1401 3 independent speed ratings say that Ghostzapper was the fastest.

@thehealthychefri 2 года назад

@@DanielSong39 Not according to the Ragozin sheets! Fager was fastest and ran more carrying more weight! Zapper wasn't far off though!

@DanielSong39 2 года назад

@@thehealthychefri To be fair that was a completely different era Comparing Dr. Fager to Ghostzapper is like comparing Ghostzapper to Candy Ride/Flightline/Discreet Cat. All very fast but with very different durability

@thoroughbredgal5341 7 лет назад

AWESOME!!

@roundtable3501 7 лет назад

Ghostzapper is waaaayyyy better than Zenyatta.

@carizbiz2437 10 лет назад

I don't think Point given etc would have beaten Ghostzapper, the one horse that could have beaten Ghostzapper would've been Skipaway

@DanielSong39 Год назад

Maybe Discreet Cat in his prime

@caesarfiorini 8 лет назад

ran just one more time after this and then he went to stud at a record first year fee of $200,000 per nut bust.

@JerseyDevil26 4 года назад

What a shame Ghost couldn't stay healthy. He probably would have been entered and won the Whitney that summer and repeated in the '05 Classic.

@phikolomzisiralarala6417 7 лет назад

cant wait for 2o17 BC,

@tracybrown1977 11 лет назад

159.. easy.. how scary is that

@abrahamjackson6019 11 лет назад

Give me a better horse, explain it ?

@CamaroKidd2022 Год назад

Secretariat. Won the triple crown and set time records in all three races. The Goat

@DanielSong39 Год назад

Dr. Fager, ran 3 full campaigns

@abrahamjackson6019 11 лет назад

I'll take the Ghost , over any horse in history..

@mikewarren1401 5 лет назад

You can and you will lose.

@danc3831 2 года назад

@@mikewarren1401 Is that right? You tell me what other horse ever won at every distance...not could have won...but won at 6f..7f...1m...11/8... and the fastest Breeders Cup Classic ..11/4 in 1:59. What other horse won Horse of the Year in 2004 over that other sensation Smarty Jones who won the Derby, the Preakness and was necked at the wire by BIRDSTONE a fresh horse and ended up his career with 1 loss. Ghostzapper...end of story.

@mikewarren1401 2 года назад

@@danc3831 what in the hell are you talking about? Spectacular bid owns the mile and a quarter at 1:57!!! I am not sure what you are replying but if you think Ghost zapper is the greatest you need to get drug tested

@mikewarren1401 2 года назад

@@danc3831 what crack are you on I mean I need some of it!!! Ghost Zapper owns no world records!!! Try Secretariat who ran a 1:59 and was running in the middle of the track at a mile and a quarter or his 2:24 at a mile and a half hand ridden or Spectacular Bid world record for a mile and a quarter at 1:57 or Dr. Fager mile at 1:32. I don’t know if you are saying Ghost Zapper is the best ever or what you are replying

@danielmason2694 8 лет назад

He is the father of United Color

@tiptoetinytim473 4 года назад

7 July 2019

@captainamericaamerica8090 3 года назад

Faster yes! Faster no! DR. FAGER' WAS THE FASTEST

@thehealthychefri 2 года назад

According to the Ragozin sheets, Fager ran the fastest figs carrying much more weight! Zapper was in the same ballpark!

@DanielSong39 Год назад

I mean Dr Fager ran 3 full campaigns and ran 22 times in total If Ghostzapper or Flightline tried that they would either have run up the track or broke down in the second race of the season Longevity counts for a lot and rightfully so.

@captainamericaamerica8090 Год назад

@@DanielSong39 I there's never been a faster horse than Dr. Fager. In sprints.

@wholelottabourbon 9 лет назад

Zenyatta would have run a bad tenth against this group, wont see a classic like this ever again

@NariSoundarrajan 9 лет назад

You know NickG, there is a reason they RUN actual races, instead of just trying to predict everything. Just enjoy this race, instead of making comments that have no sense.

@NariSoundarrajan 9 лет назад

***** umm.. I am a Ghost fan foremost, then I like Invasor and then come all other horses for me. Zenyatta would have definitely not come 10th in this field, her final kick is very very good, so if her jockey directs her well- she would be in the 3rd or 4th in this race easily - the only thing against her is the lenght of the stretch at LoneStar Park

@NariSoundarrajan 9 лет назад

length from final turn at lone star (930ft), vs churchill 1240 ft approx based on drf values. I think it gives her shorter stretch length then?

@wholelottabourbon 9 лет назад

The horses were far better, she never stepped on the track and stood next to a Curlin, Cigar, Ghostzapper, Invasor... not taking anything away from her she had an amazing career, but she was overrated to the point where people were comparing her to Ruffian, which i just find crazy

@NariSoundarrajan 9 лет назад

I think there have been some other great horses from abroad, like Ribot, Shergar that legitimately need to be in this discussion. Of course, it is hard to compare dirt vs turf horses though.

@francisregala3604 6 месяцев назад

Good thing Smarty Jones was retired before this race. He would’ve been smoked

@larrybober6335 2 года назад

He could have got 1;58 if he wanted to

@mrbigshot1986 11 лет назад

point given would of beaten ghostzapper IMO sunday silence easy goer just to name a few and i like ghostzapper

@captainamericaamerica8090 3 года назад

HE NEVER BEAT' ELITE HORSES. KELSO WAS BETTER!

@rustyshackleford5366 3 года назад

Never beat elite horses, seriously? He beat seven grade one winners in this race alone. Including horse of the year Azeri, Two Dubai World Cup winners (Roses in May, Pleasantly Perfect), a Breeders Cup Classic winner (Pleasantly perfect), a Kentucky derby/Preakness winner (Funny Cide), a Belmont stakes winner (Birdstone). Plus several other good horses.

@DanielSong39 Год назад

It's fair to say that Kelso was better since he ran many many years at a very high level and ran a ton of races

@captainamericaamerica8090 Год назад

@@DanielSong39 Kelso beat More champions than any Other HORSE, PLUS SPOTTED THEM WEIGHTS. BEAT OLDER HORSES IN THE MET MILE.! THEN' AGAIN BEAT OLDER HORSES AT TWO MILES. SETTING A WORLD RECORD. ONLY ONE KELSO= THE GOAT. RAN CLEAN TOO. UNLIKE MANY OTHERS, INCLUDING SEC

@Caroni100 Год назад

Javier José Castellano (23 de Octubre 1977 - ) * 30.843 Montas (Hasta el 4 de Diciembre 2022) * 5.588 Primeros (Hasta el 4 de Diciembre 2022) * 5.044 Segundos (Hasta el 4 de Diciembre 2022) * 4.522 Terceros (Hasta el 4 de Diciembre 2022) * $ 375.995.255 ganados (Hasta el 4 de Diciembre 2022) * 13 triunfos en carreras de Copa de Criadores * Premio Eclipse al Jinete del Año 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 * Exaltado al Museo Nacional de las Carreras y Salón de la Fama en 2017 * ¡Bravo, campeón! * Saludos desde Venezuela Javier Jose Castellano (October 23, 1977 - ) * 30,843 Mounts (Until December 4, 2022) * 5,588 Firsts (Until December 4, 2022) * 5,044 Seconds (Until December 4, 2022) * 4,522 Thirdss (Until December 4, 2022) * $ 375,995,255 earned (Until December 4, 2022) * Winner of 13 Breeder´s Cup Races * 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey * Inducted to The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2017 * Well done, champion! * Greetings from Venezuela