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Originally Posted by CSC
As of right now there is no critaria for selecting HOY, it is simply who each voter thinks Horse of the Yr is as White explained last night. With this you can expect open intrepretations who that is. I posted this morning that Steve was right on when he said we are so conditioned with beyers these days that alot of us underestimated her going into the Classic, winning 13 races on synth regardless if one believes the competition is bad is not as easy on the surface as it may look. Look at Richard's Kid, the results can be random...I can own up to maybe erroring on my opinion of her prior to the BC Classic and getting sucked into the void of that she was beating inferior fillies on a junk track. Regardless what she did on Sat was special, when you look at the way it all played out, no pace, losing a pace threat a min prior to post, flat footed start, and then the ease she won coming down the lane, it was a game changer and I think it's sad that people let what was a conservative campaign until the Classic get in the way of recognizing greatness.
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The handlers have no one else to blame but themselves. If they wanted HOY so bad they should of taken on and beaten all comers. I dont think she was at the top of her game all year. She did throw in 2 clunkers and the weakness of the field was the only thing that saved her. That being said, if she ran against the boys those days she would have been beaten. But they stayed with the girls to fluff up her numbers and that is what is going to cost her HOY. May this be a lesson to all horse owners and trainers, if you want the accolades dont hide in the corner all year while someone else is doing all the work and jump out in the end and try and do one thing and steal the credit.