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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.

I'll second that.