I don't expect to see Z race outside of SoCal a third time. Shirreffs has already expressed his fear of shipping Z over the Rockies, and we know she will likely be scratched again if she faces an off track. Shirreffs isn't going to waste flying her over the Rockies again just to find an off track at one of those real dirt courses. He is going to need an ironclad guarantee of dry weather before he puts her on a plane again, and we all know there are no ironclad forecasts, especially in the weather business.
So this will be her schedule for the rest of the year: Vanity, parade at Hollywood, Clement Hirsch, parade at Del Mar, Zenyatta Hcp, parade at Oak Tree, retirement announcement the week of the BC, post-retirement parade at Hollywood.
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there!
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