Reply With QuoteDefinitely triple
He didn't race against duds most of them won good races and posted exceptional times and efforts but he mostly destroyed them when allowed
Still love that Zoom Zoom Zoom slogan gotta be worth a discount
Nah, not at all Nat, in fact I was a HUGE cynic with regard to the horse early on.
The wraps coming out of Canada were so massive & tied in with the bullshit coming out of the Southern Hemisphere M3 camp every time that any horse sired by him dropped a fart, at every step of the way at 2yrs, especially so when they stopped his season short & then again before SBSW returned at 3yrs I was dead sure that he would fall apart & never be seen again and I said as much. Instead he went on from being an exceptional 2yo to become, IMO, the best Pacing Colt ever to have looked through a Bridle at 3yrs & that includes the great Niatross. SBSW took class fields of 3yos apart in the saqme way that CC took the field apart in his Mircle Mile win. SBSW didn't just beat his opposition, he decimated them.
Hand on Heart I think he is a 'trans-generational' horse, and again there are reasonable comparisons to be drawn with CC as a racehorse and in SBSW's case, as a prospective sire.
Definitely triple
He didn't race against duds most of them won good races and posted exceptional times and efforts but he mostly destroyed them when allowed
Still love that Zoom Zoom Zoom slogan gotta be worth a discount
Somebeachsomehwere is an amazing animal.
I cannot comment on where he stands against the all time greats as I have not watched the other superhorses race, however if hes not the best he cant be too far behind. To be the equal fastest pacer of all time at 3 years and leading all the way was an awesome display. Only point I would have liked to have changed with him apart from seeing him race as an older horse, was I would have liked him to run in and win the Little Brown Jug.
Best racehorse - Somebeachsomwhere
Best stallion pedigree - Rock N Roll Hanover with Rock N Roll Heaven not far behind.
Nat, LOC, check this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz_gR...eature=related
My fav is his defeat in the Meadowlands Pace to do what he did and the time posted and his 1:46
hard for me to get on grip those replays
you know a if horse like smoken up, mr feelgood found the front over a mile its all over, and they would be rolling too...but are they world champion horses?
Well, to get a grip on them you first have to compare apples with apples Buster. It's like Mile Rates for 1730m vs 2130m. They are not the same thing.
Those two are seasoned Aged Pacers. As good as they are now in the FFA Ranks here in the Southern Hemisphere, if you were to wind the clock back to when they were 3yos neither Smoken Up nor Mr Feelgood could have paced sectionals of 26.4, 52.4, 1:19.2 & 1:46.4 even if you dropped them down a mineshaft tied to a farrier's anvil let alone wiring a field to do so. SBSW did it...as a 3yo. Had he come back to race at 4yrs a sub 1:46 race mile was a real possibility.
Would have to agree that Somebeachsomewhere is at least the best of the last decade and I belive that he was voted this in the US.
As soon as he was available at stud I booked a mare in to him and got a beautiful filly, which I unfortunately lost in a paddock accident. Of all the foals I have bred ( 17 in total ) she was the most amazing to watch. She had amazing speed and could go from standing still to flat out almost instantly. She loved to run around the paddock.
Apparently Sombeachsomewhere was always active as a young horse and kept himself very fit. If you want to breed a horse with some ability he probably had the most and hopefully can pass this on. Another good point is that he is a big horse and even though I bred a small mare to him I still got a good sized foal.
I have a mare in foal to him at this point in time. I am looking first at getting a healthy foal and then hoping for a colt.
Go the Beach !
yeah but its fine to compare times of aussie horses and american ones...Originally Posted by triplev123
SBSW was a great racehorse who had presence about him, i doubt that there will be a 3yr old like him for a long time. The only thing for me that let's him down a little is his breeding but i suppose one should not worry about this to much if you are breeding to one of the best horse's in the world.
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