Top 10 Best Male Race Horses

The Top Ten
1 Secretariat Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 1973, became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

Won the triple crown with 'record time in the Kentucky Derby of 1:59 a track record that he still holds. Has a matched but not broken time In the preakness stakes of 1:53. He also holds a world record in the Belmont with a untouched time of 2:24 and a 31 length victory.

Face it he was Pegasus. He had it all. All thorough breds are compared to the to him. They all pale in comparison. We will ever see another Secretariat? I don't think so.

No doubt in my mind Secretariat was the BEST/GREATEST. Never be another outstanding horse like him!

Secretariat has so much stamina and that's what I loved in this amazing horse

2 Phar Lap Phar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression.

He's nice and awesome. Note:please comment.

Is the greatest racehorse in history!

One of my favourite best

3 Man O'War Man o' War was an American Thoroughbred who is widely considered one of the greatest racehorses of all time. Several sports publications including The Blood-Horse, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and the Associated Press voted Man o' War as the outstanding horse of the 20th century.
4 Seabiscuit Seabiscuit was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the United States. A small horse, Seabiscuit had an inauspicious start to his racing career, but became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression.

He was a horse off the times at a point in a great nations history When all there was was hope that things would get better like the great nation america is He would also not be beaten like all good things he had heart he is the peoples champion

Was a little speed sprinter if you ask me. Won a match race vs the triple crown winner war admiral.

Ha!, number four.

5 Sir Barton An American Thoroughbred racehorse, Sir Barton was the first to win the U.S. Triple Crown in 1919. He was initially used as a pacemaker but went on to establish himself as a champion, setting multiple speed records during his career.
6 War Admiral War Admiral was an American thoroughbred racehorse, best known as the fourth winner of the American Triple Crown and Horse of the Year in 1937, and rival of Seabiscuit in the 'Match Race of the Century' in 1938. During his career toward the end of the Great Depression, War Admiral won 21 of his 26 starts with earnings of $273,240.

War admiral was a mean lean racing machine!

It was a little sad that a triple crown winner that was 17hands lost a match race vs seabiscuit that was NOT a triple crown winner and was 15-2hands .

7 Citation Citation (April 11, 1945 – August 8, 1970) was an American Triple Crown-winning Thoroughbred racehorse stallion who won 16 consecutive races in major stakes race competition. He was the first horse in history to win one million dollars. He was foaled at Calumet Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. Citation was the winner of the 1948 Triple Crown. Citation then later retired after the Hollywood Gold Cup. As a sire at Calumet Farm, he produced a number of noteworthy offspring including the Hall of Fame filly Silver Spoon, Get Around (won $164,868), Guadalcanal (won $243,337) and 1956 Preakness Stakes winner Fabius. He is buried at Calumet Farms. ...read more.
8 Frankel Frankel is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Frankel was unbeaten in his fourteen-race career and was the highest-rated racehorse in the world from May 2011.

Extremely difficult to say which horse is the greatest ….. too many variables.
However, I watched both horses run and along with their statistics I find it very difficult to decide between Frankel and Secretariat but, I give a slight edge to Frankel based on level of competition. No other horse is close enough to challenge either.

Frankel one all of his races and he holds lots of track records.

A marvellous specimen of a Horse.

9 American Pharoah American Pharoah is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2015. In winning all four races, he became the first horse to win the "Grand Slam" of American horse racing.

A horse with one of the most beautiful and efficient strides ever. The first Grand Slam winner in the Breeders Cup era and one of the top 15 horses off all time. He broke the 37 year drought of triple crown winners in 2015. One of the truly great racehorses.

US racing's first grand slam winner and has a very special personality and camaraderie with people. He is also the 1st Triple Crown winner of the 21st century and internet era.

My favorite racehorse of all time! Love him

10 Tapit Tapit is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the Unbridled mare Tap Your Heels, he was sired by Pulpit.

Tapit sired the Zenyatta colt zenconic is a great sire and good race horse.

The Contenders
11 Bernardini

Love him 3rd favorite race horse.

12 Tarok
13 Sham Sham, an American thoroughbred race horse, a leading three year old horse in 1973, but was overshadowed by his more famous peer, Secretariat. Sham was a dark seal brown in color. While racing, he wore green and yellow blinkers.
14 Barbaro Barbaro was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, which ended his racing career and eventually led to his death.

If anything he was the strongest, its just that the horse god called him up early for his own stable, god bless you Barbaro

Barbaro was the best racing horse of all time in my opinion! !

15 Galileo An Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, Galileo won the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby Stakes, and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. He later became a highly successful sire, producing multiple champions.

Dual derby winner and the best stallion around

16 Afleet Alex

Afleet Alex one of the best in last 20 years, Barbaro a great one. A real good horse but he has to compete with the greatest.

17 Northern Dancer Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and became one of the most successful sires of the 20th century.

One of the most prolific sires of all time and one hell of a little horse!

18 Dr Fager

Dr. Fager would win any field of dreams race from 6 furlongs to a mile and an eighth. At a mile and a quarter he would still be the one all others would have to be wary of in case someone was crazy enough to try and run with him early. Unbeatable under any circumstance up to a mile. In a match race against anyone who ever lived, he would be my choice at just about any distance period.

The only way he could be bet was to run a rabbit against him

19 Justify
20 Affirmed An American Thoroughbred, Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978, the last horse to achieve this feat until 2015. Known for his rivalry with Alydar, he was named Horse of the Year in both 1978 and 1979.
21 Seattle Slew Seattle Slew was an American Thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown in 1977—the tenth of twelve horses to accomplish the feat.
22 Omaha
23 Kelso
24 Nijinsky
25 Bold Ruler

PROBABLY THE GREATEST SIRE OF ALL TIMES, HE WAS 1973 SIRE OF THE YEAR, THE SAME YEAR IS BREATHTAKING SON SECRETARIAT WON THE TRIPLE CROWN.

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