[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

How did he campaign through the media? Someone asked him a question...what is he supposed to say...." she doesn't deserve to be considered for HOY? "

They raced Zenyatta frequently this year. They shipped her to Arkansas. They ran her in a race for $2 Million where she was 3:5. I have a hard time seeing how they didn't make the right choice for themselves, the horse, and, quite frankly, for the fans.

I have no doubt it was the right choice for themselves. The horse though? I don't know about that. She's not some little filly that would get bounced around and intimidated by some bigger males. Hell, she's bigger than the boys are. She might have intimidated them. And I completely disagree with you that this was the right choice for the fans. I think by an overwhelming majority, the fans would have rather seen her in the Classic than in the Distaff.

Getting back to your earlier question, I don't just want to see her race any males. I wanted to see her take on the best. A lot of people make a big deal out of Personal Ensign beating the boys. I don't. I mean, it was Gulch and King's Swan. I respect Gulch but beating him at 9f at that stage of his career wasn't an overwhelming accomplishment. And it was a three horse field. If I could have known in advance that for sure they'd bring Zenyatta back next year and they'd try her against the males and the males are Mast Track and Two Step Salsa and some of those other second rate horses out here in Cali, don't bother.