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Originally Posted by HomerS
Wow.
First of all I know what tarnished means. My objection was the foolishness in the way it was used. Thought that was clear.
Never heard it used in such a foolish manner.
It cracks me up. For years players been crying (and in many cases rightfully) about horses retiring prematurely. Here you have a situation where connections of both have NOTHING to gain by running their horses this year. Yet they both do so and have done nothing but get abuse. The second Zenyetta loses (should it happen) all the idiots will crow "see she isn't any good". We have already seen what losing has done to Rachel. People saying she is tarnished and others even trying to say she doesn't deserve LAST year;s HOY award.
There is just no perspective anymore. Bunch of old men sitting around on a porch drinking lemonade pissing and moaning about the good old days.
There are definitely many problems with racing today but these two great mares are nothing but positive. All the crying about racing needs stars, well you have two right in front of your eyes.
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Let me ask you a question. What exactly did these owners have to lose when choosing to keep these fillies in training?
The idea that we should all be enthralled by watching these horses beat over matched competition in pretty meaningless races is ludicrous. Perhaps I am just not a "modern" enough fan but when perusing you tube watching races looking for great stretch runs it becomes painfully obvious how lame the sport has become and your chastising us is just further proof that the sports standards are now REALLY low.