For people who have a qualified opinion, whose opinion truly counts and has credibility and integrity, and for people who actually know what they are looking at...SBSW's lone defeat, did not take away from his greatness or his legacy...it solidified it and proved it. SBSW showed how great he was that night.
If you ever have or had the chance to talk to people -- like Bob Marks, David Meirs, Bob Boni, Geoff Stein (may he rest in peace), throw John Campbell and Billy O'Donnell's opinion in there (objectively, not who they drove, but who they saw race), and other qualified "professionals" in there -- SBSW will the horse they pick as the greatest horse they have ever seen of modern times, say the last 30 years. Yes, Niatross will come up, without question. I've even heard a few people say Artsplace and I wouldn't argue with those two names. But after SBSW came along, in my opinion, he displaced the other two.