Rufhabit,
First of all, welcome to the forum, secondly, i or nobody else claimed she was the greatest ever, all i have mentioned is she would have to be up there, at the very least in the top 5, that's my opinion anyway, thirdly, you say there is chinks in her armour because she can't run 3200, look at say, 100m spinters, Lewis, Green, Michael Johnson (not Ben) Fredericks, i could go on and on, but i won't, just because they can't run the 800m, 1500m, marathons etc, does that make them any less worthy to be labled some of the gratest ever? i think not. That is just one example, but if you look at a great majority of sports, you will find that most athletes and animals, concentrate on certain distances that their bodys can handle, or what distances they are most suited. Of course there are exceptions in every sport, as you have eluded to with the brilliant horses you have named and look at Thorpey, he is an absolute freak, but when all is said and done,i do take your point,but these horses and athletes, make up what would have to be the tiniest of percentages and are very rare to say the least. Lastly, why would connections want to concentrate on the distance races, they have $11 million reasons not to.