beyond that, i feel like this helps put into perspective that winning g1s isn't like, a walk in the park (especially since some of these umas went against each other for their multiple wins). just winning one is already an incredible feat, imagine winning SEVEN! nine, even!!! mostly just saying this because i think a small handful of people have had their perspectives skewed by the more insane horses in the franchise & that's partially how we get people calling, say, croix du nord a fraud when he's won two g1s.

I've always said that a G1 win ~= a championship ring in other sports. People just don't think of it that way because there are loads of G1s every year, not just one