TOP 7 SUPREME STAYERS: MAKYBE DIVA, PHAR LAP & DEEP IMPACT

There's something special about great staying racehorses. They turn up year after year and capture the imagination of the horse racing public. Makybe Diva, Phar Lap, Deep Impact, Stradivarius, Might And Power, Sagaro and Yeats raced for a number of years and won the world's biggest races, developing a legion of fans in the process.

Stamina-sapping contests see racehorses give it their absolute all over staying trips, willing themselves over the line to score.

Stayers generally race over longer trips (2000m+), however many great stayers have been capable of winning over shorter distances.

Who is the greatest stayer in your mind and why?

Makybe Diva:
Jockey: Glen Boss
Trainer: Lee Freedman, David Hall
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2002)
Melbourne Cup (2003, 2004, 2005)
Sydney Cup (2004)
Australian Cup (2005)
The BMW Stakes (2005)
Memsie Stakes (2005)
Turnbull Stakes (2005)
W S Cox Plate (2005)

Phar Lap:
Jockey: Jim Pike
Trainer: Harry Telford
Rosehill Guineas (1929)
AJC Derby (1929)
Craven Plate (1929, 1930, 1931)
Victoria Derby (1929)
VRC St Leger (1930)
Chipping Norton Stakes (1930)
AJC Plate (1930)
Chelmsford Stakes (1930)
Hill Stakes (1930, 1931)
W S Cox Plate (1930, 1931)
Melbourne Stakes (1930, 1931)
Melbourne Cup (1930)
Linlithgow Stakes (1930)
C.B. Fisher Plate (1930)
St George Stakes (1931)
Futurity Stakes (1931)
Underwood Stakes (1931)
Memsie Stakes (1931)
Agua Caliente Handicap (1932)

Deep Impact:
Jockey: Yutaka Take
Trainer: Yasuo Ikee
Arima Kinen (NAKAYAMA)
Japan Cap (TOKYO)
Takarazuka Kinen (KYOTO)
Tenno Sho (Spring) (KYOTO)
Kikuka Sho (KYOTO)
Tokyo Yushun (TOKYO)
Satsuki Sho (NAKAYAMA)

Sagaro:
Jockey: Lester Piggott
Trainer: François Boutin
Ascot Gold Cup (1975, 1976, 1977)
Grand Prix de Paris (1974)
Prix de Barbeville (1976)
Prix du Cadran (1976)

Yeats:
Jockey: Johnny Murtagh
Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
Ballysax Stakes (2004)
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (2004)
Coronation Cup (2005)
Goodwood Cup (2006, 2008)
Ascot Gold Cup (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Vintage Crop Stakes (2007, 2008)
Saval Beg Stakes (2007)
Irish St. Leger (2007)
Prix Royal-Oak (2008)

Might And Power:
Jockey: Jim Cassidy
Trainer: Jack Denham
Caulfield Cup (1997)
Melbourne Cup (1997)
Mercedes Classic (1998)
AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1998)
Doomben Cup (1998)
Caulfield Stakes (1998)
W S Cox Plate (1998)

Stradivarius:
Jockey: Frankie Dettori
Trainer: John Gosden
2019 Goodwood Cup
2018 Goodwood Cup
2017 Goodwood Cup
2020 Ascot Gold Cup
2019 Ascot Gold Cup
2018 Ascot Gold Cup
2019 Yorkshire Cup
2018 Yorkshire Cup
2019 Lonsdale Cup
2018 Lonsdale Cup
2018 British Champions Long Distance Cup
2019 Doncaster Cup
2017 Queen's Vase

Who else would you have on this list?

Here are a few to get you thinking:
Peter Pan
Double Trigger
Vinnie Roe
Vazirabad
Seabiscuit
Carbine
Mejiro McQueen
Persian Punch
Ardross
Red Cadeaux

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