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Originally Posted by northeastbound123
On "Race Day America" he is making it sound like everyone is trying to keep RA out of the race. Said he got a call from MTB connections! Girlfriend cleaning the house so couldn't hear very well over the vac. Did anyone else hear/see this?
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Sending mixed signals quite clearly:
“I am a very competitive guy by nature, and I would love to beat her, so now I can come and if he wins, my colt would have beaten the Oaks winner and the Derby winner,” said Zayat, the owner and breeder of the CashCall Futurity (G1) and Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner. “That would automatically make him the best three-year-old in the country. It’s an incredibly exciting opportunity. It would be a huge achievement.”
Zayat acknowledged that he could throw a curveball into the mix by entering enough horses to exclude Rachel Alexandra from the Preakness. She was not nominated to the Triple Crown and would have to be supplemented to the Preakness for $100,000, and she would have no preference over nominated horses if the race draws more entries than the maximum of 14 starters.
Zayat led all owners with 22 nominees to the Triple Crown.
“Can I theoretically fill the field out? Yes,” Zayat said. “I have enough colts that are nominated that have a legitimate shot to run. Can I get her out? Yeah, I can, but I’m not really sure that’s what I want.”
Im not really sure after he says how neat it would be to beat her...