Five Classic Winners, Ranked by the People Who Watch Them Closest

America's Best Racing has put out a short list naming the five Breeders' Cup Classic winners it considers the finest ever to take the race. The exercise asks a question that gets argued over every autumn in barn aisles and sales pavilions alike, which of the horses who have won the Breeders' Cup's richest prize truly stands above the rest. The outlet has given its answer in order, one through five, and left the debate to the rest of us.

With reporting from America's Best Racing.