HOY prediction game
 

One name.

Any comments welcome and any and all fights are just fine. :D

Rachel?

Quality Road?

Zenyatta?

Other?

Who wins it this time around?

Quality Road

Ditto.

I'd be saddened if Zenyatta won HOTY. In the future, if there is another super filly or mare, they will look at Zenyatta's campaigns and think they could get HOTY by hiding 90% of the year and then showing up for one big race. Or maybe that is just the Mosses.

However light Quality Road's campaign may look, his races are open to any horse good enough, and that should be worth more than a race like the Vanity any day.

I'm trying to figure out what's gonna go down with Older Female. Even if RA or Zenyatta both miss out on HOY, it's gonna potentially hit the fan in their own division.

Can we just take a second to discuss what the heck is up with Mine That Bird? It's like he's been eating his Wheaties all winter & spring. Haskin said he doesn't look like the same horse, and I was struck by his appearance along with those bullets he's throwing. I've always thought he was a nice little Rodney Dangerfield kinda horse that deserved more respect than he got post-KD. Who knows what he's gonna do this weekend. You'd think Quality Road has the momentum, but our two ladies are more than capable of looking the part of an HOY as they showed last year.

Own division? Z is 3/3 this year, I think 2 G1's.
Rachel is 1/3, losing to 2 horses who both came back to get beat. Right now Z is way way way ahead as far as Older Filly N Mare championship.

Both are so weak they have no real lead yet. The rest of the year will determine the outcome.

I totally agree about them both being weak, but to say Z is not well ahead is kind of silly IMO. They were supposed to face in the AB, Z showed up, Rachel got beat by Zardana and skipped it. I just think Z has done much more, AT THIS POINT.

Who is Ditto?

At this moment the race for HOY is between Quality Road and Zenyatta. Zenyatta holds a slight lead over Quality Road according to this acrticle:


'Quality Road cuts into Zenyatta's lead'
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/06/28/...zenyattas.html




I don't know who would win HOY if the award was handed out today - but I am 100% certain it would be one of these two. Rachel is making her comeback but she isn't where she needs to be yet. I hope she gets back into perfect form - she's amazing!!!!

If I had a vote it would go to Zenyatta.

Quality Road, from what I see and hear, is believed to be America's best race horse right now...

If HOY was right now and Zenyatta won, I'd probably stop following racing.

Vote today - it would HAVE to be Quality Road.

Eskendera (sp?) deserves it more than "Big Z" at this point in time.

Pumpkin, they vote at the end of the year. I don't give a flying clod of dirt who's "ahead" right now unless it's the big prize cuz I just don't care to waste brain cells on it. My point was everyone's obsessed about HOY and they don't even think that you could have a situation where *gasp* Zenyatta only gets Older Mare and the reigning HOY gets nothing, or Rachel soars to her old self and Zenyatta's return (following her not getting HOY for 2009) not only doesn't gain her the big prize, she doesn't get squat. I'm saying there's a result neither's connections seem to be aware of. They seem to be thinking that of course the big thing is HOY and their horse will get that and older mare both. Coming up empty isn't on their radar from what I can tell.

RA's just now getting herself in gear. She's perfectly capable of earning an Eclipse with sterling performances the rest of the year. There are prizes to be had in the fall that would make everybody go 'New Orleans Ladies what now?'

I think what you said is very realistic... Z get older male and someone else gets HOY... Blame at this point is far ahead of Rachel and Z for HOY.

I feel you are very passionate about this point of view RockHardTen. I'm not going to argue with you about the fact that someone other than Zenyatta would get HOY if the awards were given out right now - but there is no way that Blame is far ahead or even ahead of Zenyatta at this point for HOY award.

With all the West Coast on Zenyatta's bandwagon and with her recent thriller "accomplishment" of 17 races in a row Blame winning more votes than Zenyyata is hard for me to believe.

Blame does not earn more votes than Zenyatta if the award is handed out today...

Blame is 2/2 with a G1 on dirt vs older males... That does it for me. I think Z would have won the Foster had she shown up though.

I just feel there's so much to know and see before the BC. It could all shift radically, becoming very clear or even more confusing. I hate to get too wrapped up in making a decision about where anybody stands. It's like asking who's gonna win the Derby in January and the 2yo champ's not even gotten in gear yet to give you something to think about. We're all driving on gas fumes here. Gotta get some more evidence. Only half the year is up.

I agree.

I agree, but it won't matter. What matters is who wins from July onward. It just doesn't matter which is ahead right now.

I guess I agree, really dont know why I am talking up to this point.

Brass Hat.

colonel klink

Goldikova

Mayan King

OMG... :tro:

Elena Kagan :L:

Byk definitely could use you as a co-host.

:D

QR for Iron-horse-of-the-Year…

Quality Road 2010, 3 for 3.

Zenyatta, 2010, 3 for 3.

As usual.

Way, way too early to call, but Quality Road has a lead based on his performances in 2010.

Big Shake

I think if Quality Road wants it, he's going to get it. That being said, Zenyatta or Blame have an outside chance.

I just spoke with Quality Road not more than just a few minutes ago, and he indeed does want HOY, but he's concerned that since he hasn't shipped over the Rockies this year, he won't be eligible.

May try to get to Toga since something extremely rare (QR actually being loaded into a starting gate) is supposed to happen on 8/7.


Be kinda like flying "up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun" ... lol

Oh the humanity!

So, you know, I'm just saying the obvious and all, but a quick guess as to how many career and season starts Zenyatta had made by June 30th of her four year old season?

Or, again, how many starts each has had this year? 3 each.

My first impression of Smooth Operator was that he was just a cleverly sarcastic poster that stirs things up and doesn't ever own up to it.

After his enduring persistence of being a complete idiot, I thought, well, maybe he really is the biggest idiot on DT.

Now I'm starting to lean back the other way, because he really can't be as stupid as he appears to be. It takes true genius to pull off what he has.

I may change my mind yet again however.

Agreed. There is a lot of history to be written.

as a big zenyatta fan, i want to see the horse try saratoga. its a shame her owner is so stuck with racing in california. come on man......try something new.
she has nothing to gain from racing here anymore.

Except wins.