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Originally Posted by Smooth Operator
Read this Brown piece again … and it still makes no sense.
Face it, Jerry … the 3-year-old colts were mediocre, at best, this year … and the sad fact is … some of them are probably better than the older mules she (barely) hung on to beat in the Woodward.
Wasn't exactly like she was getting the best of a Bernardini … or a Mineshaft … out there.
The REAL challenge for the filly was coming out to the coast and taking on the undefeated, Eclipse-award-winning Breeders' Cup champion mare … and she was a NO SHOW.
No one in their right mind could vote for her over Z, in my opinion … but that's the problem … too many of these voters are out of their minds.
Take 2004, for instance … a significant number of them actually cast their ballots for SJ as HotY.
This was pure insanity when you had a brilliant older horse which not only proved that he was the fastest sprinter in the country … but the fastest router, as well.
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......look, you are dead on. R/A did have the better year...so she is prob. horse of the year. is she better than ZEN? please....R.A barely beat MINE THAT BIRD and MACHO A. ZEN. would blow by both of those like they were anchored to the 16th pole. any surface, just look at the grade 1 at oaklawn.....REAL dirt. same result.