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The triple crown races outweigh the Breeders Cup as far as people who watch it. I read the TV ratings were low again for the BC. Tons more people watched the Preakness I would guess. |
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I think he realized he made a mistake by going against his gut feeling with Curlin.. and would make sure he didnt do the same thing with Rachel. The horse ran so hard for 9 months this year.. she deserved a rest. If he somehow retires her while she is healthy and she doesnt run next year I may change my opinion. |
I think the thing that offends me most about the Zenyatta Classic is that so many people seem to fall into the "this was the best Classic field ever" camp. Zenyatta is a tremendous filly but to think she faced the toughest and deepest Classic field ever is a leap of epic proportions............here's a few names from truly CLASSIC fields:
1984---Wild Again, Gate Dancer, Slew O'Gold, Desert Wine, Precisionist 1985---Proud Truth, Gate Dancer, Turkoman, Chiefs Crown 1987---Ferdinand, Alysheba, Cryptoclearance, Gulch, Afleet 1988---Alysheba, Seeking The Gold, Forty Niner, Cryptoclearance, Personal Flag 1989---Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Cryptoclearance, Blushing John 1991---Black Tie Affair, Twilight Agenda, Unbridled, Strike The Gold, Marquetry 1998---Awesome Again, Silver Charm, Swain, Victory Gallop, Skip Away, Touch Gold This is not even getting to the fields in the 2000's when Tiznow went back-to-back. There is no doubt that Zenyatta ran a terrific race and it will always be a "Classic" but let's keep things in perspective. |
If in fact the synthetic's are going to be around for a while (and I hope not to long) and as the Steve's have said it is a distinct third surface, then why don't the powers that be use this year as start up a "Synthetic HOY" category? Dirt HOY, Turf HOY, Synthetic HOY. Wouldn't this be the perfect time to do that?
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The Breeders' Cup is a really tough sell on TV because it lasts all day and there is 30 minutes between races. People who are in the game complain about the angles used and stuff when in reality they should realize those who are fringe fans are more apt to watch/enjoy if they can see some fun angles versus the boring pan shot. |
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I doubt they would have. People just don't watch horse racing, no matter what the matchup.
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Everyone says that Pro Ride is very friendly to turf horses, in fact Gio Ponti ran well on this very surface. So if the ability on the turf, grade 1 ability does transfer to pro ride, then we saw two or three legit grade 1 winning talent run their race in the Classic yet they got drown. How you can talk about what they would have done on dirt when they ran their race on pro ride is beyond me. |
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Call me convinced. But just to be clear, the award is non restrictive and RA and Z each faced all comers only once this year? That 125 year accomplishment is impressive, but how much more than being the first female to win the Classic? And while interesting, is it more about what racing has become for older males? |
wow, that list of horses RA beat is a who's who of no ones, I guess Macho Again is ok, and Summer Bird is solid, beyond that, MTB?
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It's not a normal year when you have horses like Macho Again and Bullsbay as legitimate graded stakes horses. NT |
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Summer Bird ???? ???? |
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zenyatta didn't exactly face citation this year. |
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Rather than go the route of pounding the 3YO fillies over and over again, the RA camp went out of their "division" twice and were successful both times. Zenyatta's connections chose to continue to run against the same horses then reach once and assume that win trumps everything else. It just doesn't in my opinion. NT |
OK, so outside of the tired agrument of her running back east exactly what did we want her to do. I will give you that she could have run in the PC but should she have just started running against the boys? Then everyone would be on her for beating "bad" boys in CA.
Everyone has made up their mind and there will be no convincing someone to cross over. We just wait for the Eclipse Awards. |
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zenyatta had one good race all year, where she actually had some decent competition. i just don't understand why that's enough for some. |
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