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Old 12-27-2008, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by King Glorious
Put it another way. I don't think there is a chance in hell that Indian Blessing could beat Curlin in a 10f race with a full field of horses. But put them together at 6f in a four horse field and she is the lone speed and she'd crush him. An extreme example for sure but just bringing out the point that race analysis is very important. Plenty of times in racing, the result is not as clear cut as it may seem at first glance.

In this particular case, you seem to be taking the defensive, as if I'm saying that Hystericalady is a better horse than Zenyatta is when I'm clearly not saying that at all. But I've seen way too many situations where an inferior horse is allowed total control of a race and beats a superior one. I believe that had the Lady's Secret been on dirt, that would have been the case this year. It has nothing to do with how good I think Zenyatta is.
I guess what is the point, that a hypothetical exists that could have beat her, we could do that an infinite amount of times with races and horses?
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