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RA will be joining St. T in the infirmary if she ever runs into Z.

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I'm pretty upset she and possibly RA won't both be running the in the BC Distaff .. so I could make a trifecta score when Zenyatta fails to hit the board in that race.

RA, Devil May Care, Blind Luck, Life At Ten, Unriveled Belle, Malibu Prayer - that's a field man!! Zenyatta would do no better than 4th unless she got an absolutely blistering pace.

Not to worry. You'll make your score betting Musket Man in the Classic.

Prior to yesterday - he'd run a grand total of zero good races. I wouldn't count on him being my BCC Classic horse.

OK you might as well tell us the future.

The winner of the 2010 BC Classic will be _____________________!

I cant and wont discuss it right now.

Rachel Alexandra isn't pissing all over anybody this year---the same way Arcaro rode Native Dancer exactly " zero times " .

NOT. WRONG. NYET.

Zenyatta unfortunately will not be NY bound, but if she is sound she will be at the BCC and she will be ready .

May I take the liberty of revisting your prediction post race ??

Thanking you in advance, dolt ...

He is on a ****** warpath tonight, every so often he does this ****. Maybe its about time for one of his breaks....He always comes back strong and fresh, kinda like Z

No comparison to Z whatsoever .

He is a half miler ...

Shhh..don't give him any ideas, between his posts about about Zenyatta, The Dahoss/The_Fat_Man feud, The Spa contest, this forum has been the place to be.

Fatman and hoss is over, TRUST ME.
FAT MAN TKO ROUND 3.

The_Fat_Man on points for now, the double alias shot was almost a TKO but I wouldn't count out Dahoss just yet.

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Go ahead sweetie.

Zenyatta won't even beat Blame - and I doubt Blame does any better than 3rd.

Fine so--we'll talk post race ...

If Shirreffs has her as short for that race as he's had all year long - she wouldn't get a single call in the race.


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Oh wait, Trevor will be calling the race! Scrap that one.

Whats the bet right now that she runs 1-2-3 in the Classic?

Do you have a choice?

You will feel better after the Metamucil kicks in ...

And she will NOT be short ...

There is PA and your big contest #2.....

I'm heartbroken she's not in the Distaff. A race where I could actually try to make a score by having her off of the board.

As of this moment, Blame and Lookin at Lucky have to be the frontrunners for Horse of the Year.

Ugh...NO....


1. Blame
2. Quality Road "he is a Woodward away from being #1 again"
3. Zenyatta "Assuming she stays undefeated, then the Classic decides it"
4. L@L "took over the 3yr old division, but he has a lot to prove, he will have to beat olders at some point"

I've kept quiet about this for too long. You don't know how to use quotation marks and it drives me insane.

LOL...
Thanks.

If Blame wins the Jockey Club Gold Cup, and hits the board in the Classic, he wins HOY unless LAL wins the Classic. If Blame wins the JCGC, stubs his toe in the Classic, and wins the Clark or Cigar Mile, he probably wins it.

Quality Road will have to win the Woodward, Dirt Mile, and maybe the Cigar Mile to win HOY.

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I was about to post the following until I realized a lot of posts had happened since I started catching up on this thread:

Will you discuss the use of apostrophes? They are (they're) your friend. Examples of proper usage: 1) Zenyatta's awesome. 2) So's Rachel Alexandra. 3) Jess Jackson's not known for making sense. 4) ATR's coverage of horse racing is far superior to anything I've seen of TVG.

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It was not at the last second, not even close. If my memory is right, I think they announced it about a month before the race.

Your memory isn't right.

It wasn't that there was a superstar that everyone was touting in the BC Classic last year. It was that most of you figured that if Zenyatta was struggling to beat mediocre females, then she would not be able to beat fairly solid males. That was the thinking on most of your parts and that thinking turned out to be wrong.

Not mine.

Rupert - don't be on the wrong side of history - open your heart and fill it with hate for Zenyatta.

Just a month ago, you claimed it was much more likely that Z would run in the Distaff. You changed your mind?

Refresh my memory. When was it announced that she would run in the Classic?

After watching the Whitney, Haskell, and Jim Dandy ... yes.

Nothing has yet emerged to scare the connections into thinking they can't win it ... and she has a better chance of finishing in front of RA in the Classic than any other race.

Running in it now is there way of justifing how they've handled her all year long - and trust me, if they don't win - finishing in front of RA would be there big moral victory and cement their claim as the better horse.

I understand what people are saying, and they have a point. Many of her wins have been in small fields against weak competition. There is no doubt about that. But it's not as if she's running in listed races. She's running in grade I races every time. It's not her fault if no good fillies enter these races.

There is no question that the connections are being more conservative because of the streak. If she would have already lost a race or two in her career, it would be much more likely that they would run against the boys more often. But how can you really blame them for not wanting to go undefeated? If she can go undefeated and then win the BC Classic again this year, she will definitely be considered one of the greatest mares, if not the greatest of all times. If a mare is undefeated at 20 for 20 and beats the boys in the BC Classic in back to back years, there won't be any debate about her place in history. I should say there won't be any debate amongst sane people. I'm sure a few of you will still say she's not great. You'll probably say that her Beyers weren't that great.

It's not going to happen man. I realize Giacomo won the Derby - but lightening won't strike twice.

http://www.drf.com/news/zenyatta-lik...-males-classic

Another interesting viewpoint from Crist a few weeks earlier.
http://www.drf.com/news/no-sense-pressing-zenyatta

That is an absurd statement. Giacomo looked like he had no chance. Zenyatta is a legitimate contender. She will be one of the favorites and she should be. When I say one of the favorites, she could be one of three or four co-favorites. The race looks that competive right now.

It should be a great race. I still think RA has a great chance. She's starting to look like her old self again. I'm not going to throw out QR based on one mediocre race. No horses run their best every time. QR may bounce back off this mediocre performance. Blame has turned into a really good horse. He will have a good chance. And I am very interested to see how Rail Trip runs on the dirt. It's possible he may step it up a level on the dirt. And then you have Lookin' At Lucky who is on the improve. If he keeps improving, he could have a chance. It should be a great race.

You're so stubborn that if Z does win, you still won't admit she's great. You'll say it was a fluke like Giacomo.