the 100 Greatest Thoroughbreds of All Time

---

---

AFFIRMED (1975-2001) USA
AL CAPONE II (1988-2020) France [AQPS]
ALLEZ FRANCE* (1970-1989) France
ALYCIDON (1945-1963) UK
ARKLE (1957-1970) Ireland
BAHRAM (1932-1956) UK
BAYARDO (1906-1917) UK
BLACK CAVIAR* (2006-2024) Australia
BOLD RULER (1954-1971) USA
BOSTON (1833-1850) USA

BOTAFOGO (1904-1922) Argentina
BRANTÔME (1931-1952) France
BRIGADIER GERARD (1968-1989) UK
BROWN JACK (1924-1948) UK
BUCKPASSER (1963-1978) USA
CAPTAIN CHRISTY (1967-?) Ireland
CARACALLA (1942-?) France
CARBINE (1885-1914) New Zealand
CITATION (1945-1970) USA

COLIN (1905-1932) USA
COMEDY OF ERRORS (1967-1990) UK
COUNT FLEET (1940-1973) USA
DAHLIA* (1970-2001) France
DAMASCUS (1964-1995) USA
DEEP IMPACT (2002-2019) Japan
DESERT ORCHID (1979-2006) UK
DR FAGER (1964-1976) USA
DUNKIRK (1957-1965) UK
ECLIPSE (1764-1789) UK
FLIGHTLINE (2018-) USA

FLYINGBOLT (1959-1983) Ireland
FLYING CHILDERS (1715-1741) UK
FOREGO (1970-1997) USA
FRANKEL (2008-) UK
GLADIATEUR (1862-1876) UK
GROOVY (1983-2006) USA
HANOVER (1884-1899) USA
HIGHFLYER (1774-1793) UK
HINDOO (1878-1901) USA
HURRY ON (1913-1936) UK

HYPERION (1930-1960) UK
ISINGLASS (1890-1911) U K
ISONOMY (1875-1901) UK
ISTABRAQ (1992-2024) Ireland
KARAYEL (1970-?) Turkey
KAUTO STAR (2000-2015) UK
KELSO (1957-1983) USA
KINCSEM* (1874-1887) Austria-Hungary
KINGSTON (1884-1912) USA
KINGSTON TOWN (1976-1991) Australia

LA TROIENNE* (1926-1954) France
LEVIATHAN (1823-1846) USA
LEXINGTON (1850-1870) USA
LUKE BLACKBURN (1877-1904) USA
MAN O’WAR (1917-1947) USA
MILL HOUSE (1957-1975) UK
MILL REEF (1968-1986) UK
MONKSFIELD (1972-1989) Ireland
MUMTAZ MAHAL* (1921-1945) UK
NARITA BRIAN (1991-1998) Japan

NATIVE DANCER (1950-1967) USA
NEARCO (1935-1957) Italy
NEREIDE* (1933-1943) Germany
NIGHT NURSE (1971-1998) UK
NIJINSKY (1967-1992) Ireland
NORTHERN DANCER (1961-1990) Canada
OLD MAN (1901-1918) Argentina
ORMONDE (1883-1904) UK
PERSIAN WAR (1963-1984) UK
PHALARIS (1913-1931) UK

PHARIS (1936-1957) France
PHAR LAP (1926-1932) Australia
PRETTY POLLY (1901-1931) UK
RIBOT (1952-1972) Italy
ROUND TABLE (1954-1987) USA
RUFFIAN* (1972-1975) USA
SCEPTRE* (1899-1926) UK
SEA-BIRD II (1962-1973) France
SEATTLE SLEW (1974-2002) USA
SECRETARIAT (1970-1989) USA

SIR KEN (1947-?) UK
SOLARIO (1922-1945) UK
SPECTACULAR BID (1976-2003) USA
SPRINTER SACRE (2006-) UK
ST SIMON (1881-1908) UK
SUN CHARIOT* (1939-1963) UK
SUNDAY SILENCE (1986-2002) USA
SYSONBY (1902-1906) USA
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (1846-1870) UK
THE TETRARCH (1911-1935) UK

TOM FOOL (1949-1976) USA
TROYTOWN (1913-1920) Ireland
TUDOR MINSTREL (1944-1971) UK
TULLOCH (1954-1969) Australia
VAGUELY NOBLE (1965-1989) France
WAR ADMIRAL (1934-1959) USA
WEST AUSTRALIAN (1850-1870) UK
WHIRLAWAY (1938-1953) USA
WINDSOR LAD (1931-1943) UK
WINX* (2011-) Australia

===========================
28.7.25

* = female
italics = best known as a jumper
underlined italics = excelled on flat and over jumps
bold = top 20