Look at RA's 4-year-old season ... Look at Zenyatta's entire career save one home court test against Gio Ponti and company.
Look at what happens when you have a tough, sound, elite horse and you're not deathly affraid of losing ...
That's 38 starts in 29 months at 11 different tracks - the last 35 starts in Graded Stakes company. Took on top males repeatedly... back when top males didn't suck horribly.