Many don't think too much of the horses in racing being athletes but to watch them with personal trainers, caretakers, diets to provide maximum nutrition and a performance that is absolutely an athletic achievement it's clear they are the epitome of an athlete.

A case can be made for many horses but here's a short list of exceptional equine athletes....( click to continue)

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"The best female athletes in horse racing warrant attention as much as the colts as in most cases the best challenged and beat the colts. Among the greatest fillies in the sport of horse racing is one that complete statistics can't be given and two that died doing what they were bred to do  - run" (MORE HERE)

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 Horse racing has some of the highest highs and the lowest lows. There are stories that are quite unlike other sports because the main players do not care about prize money or earnings and have no concept of retirement. The horses themselves either have the will to run and compete or they don't, and if they don't there is no amount of whipping that will make them be a champion.

In looking for the best moments in the sport several come to mind not only for the horses themselves but the people around them.

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