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Originally Posted by Danzig
not much of a difference, but don't they go 126/121 in the classic as far as weight goes? also, granted that the classic was definitely zenyatta's best field she faced, doesn't it mean something that gio ponti hasn't won since? summer bird ran third, who rachel beat by eight earlier in the year. i don't think the classic was any more difficult than the woodward, and rachel was a 3 yo, whereas zenyatta was five at the time. i don't think pointing to winning that race means a thing versus winning against older in the woodward.
as for her having a nice go at 3, but not being undefeated, she was undefeated at 3. not in her career, but last year, her year was just as perfect as zen's. and with more starts.
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As far as weight goes ( some will say that its not a factor) it is considered that 1 pound equals one lenght when the assignment is above 121 and the distance is over 1 1/8 miles. Zenyatta just seems to be right at home going 1 1/4, while I see RA being best at 1 1/8 and shorter.
Yesterday RA ran her race (I havent looked at the numbers) and it looked like all of her races, except no one ran a new top to beat her and she ran her same race.