Zenyatta Vs. Nashobas Key Vs. Rags to Riches
 

Who would win?

Go for Wand......in a romp.

Would Rags even like synth?

zenyatta easy on any surface

now wait a second. rags has beaten curlin. no one zenyatta has beaten is as quality as curlin. zenyatta even ducked nashoba's key earlier in the year.

HR has no clue who or what Go for Wand was..

Nashoba's key your kidding right that filly is a nice grade 2 runner period

Nashoba's Key was a synthetic monster though.

Yeah the Personal Ensign of poly/cushion track. Please what grade 1 talent did the Monster crush in both her electrifying grade 1 wins?

Grade 1 talent:

Hystericalady--Grade 1 winner of more than $2 million
Balance--Grade 1 winner of more than $1 million

I'm not saying that Nashoba's Key was a better animal than R2R or Zenyatta here. All I'm saying is she was a major handful on synthetics.

YOU could outrun Hystericalady on synthetics.

That is half of what I'm trying to say here.

Did You ever even run on synthetic? I think she ran before synthetics came along at any major track.

Good point. Perhaps I should have said YOU AND I..........but then I think he was before synthetics too.

If it was on synth.....Zenyatta probably would win....NK might win

If it was on dirt....Rags would win

If it was on turf....NK is the only one with experience on turf so she'd probably win

Hystericalady is a super nice filly but clearly not of poly

thats what i was thinking, her most impressive victory was on dirt.......

No. I think my analysis is reasonable. I believe on dirt, Kentucky Oaks and Belmont wins are more impressive than Apple Blossom versus one good horse.

On synth, Zenyatta would beat her, not because Zenyatta moves up, but because everyone else seems to move down on those surfaces. But nothing is for certain.