[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Danzig

far more to it then figures, altho that is an easy way to point to supremacy. rachel has won by huge margins, has set records, came close to the record in the haskell while wide and on the slop..has taken on and beaten the boys not once, but twice, in grade one company-her latter race by open lengths (just like every race this year except the preakness), has run on how many tracks now? and is now going to take on open company.
zenyatta was all out to win by a scant nose vs her peers, you don't need more than one hands worth of fingers to count how many tracks she's run on, has not taken on males in her age group, or taken on open company. her lack of racing and lack of competition are strikes against her. were she not a one run closer, she wouldn't get near the attention, but for some reason race fans love those one run closers. is she the reigning distaff champ? yes. does that mean anything this year? no. she'll get top older mare while rachel could well get HOTY.

I totally disagree with the bolded. Running style has nothing to do with how much attention she gets. Its the streak...its her dominance over the division over the last year and a half. She gets about as much attention as Azeri did and she ran most of her races on the engine.