Originally Posted by SOREHOOF

That was truly sad . I was a HUGE Pine Island fan. The DQ cost me what would have been a huge TRI, but with the breakdowns it didn't bother me as much. I was more concerned about the horses and Javey at that point.

Originally Posted by philcski

Like I said, even though they were bet to favoritism didn't mean they were the "best" two fillies in the field. The best 2 fillies finished 1-2 (after the DQ).
Fleet Indian was the biggest phony to ever be voted a "champion." I've been at this game a long time and I've never seen a horse improve so markedly after a trainer switch from the ages of 4 to 5. Pine Island, while certainly a quality 3YO filly whom I respected greatly and was distraught when she went down, was the best of a bad 3YO lot and was a huge underlay at 5/2. She didn't run a single race in her career good enough to win the BC Distaff.

Give the horse some respect. On her best day, she was the best filly in the nation, and she fired her best shot on the biggest day.

Originally Posted by Samarta

Are you talking about Round Pond or Fleet Indian?

Originally Posted by philcski

Are you being sarcastic?

Round Pond was a G1 winner at 3, G1 winner at 4, and is 5 in 2007. Fleet Indian was getting trounced in statebred stakes at 4 before the switch to Pletcher. Her average figure improved almost 25 lengths. That, quite frankly, is next to impossible with just "nature and nuture".