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Originally Posted by horseofcourse
I think it's a somewhat poor field overall. I just think if she wins, it is what it is and she can certainly be considered a "great" horse. I learned my lesson last year. I thought she was vastly overrated based on the crap she was facing and her very slow synthetic races. She turned it up when she needed to and blasted what in all liklihood was a sub standard field. In the end if she wins it, she's pretty good historically. Whether that's top 10, top 30, top 50 or top 100 is for smarter people than me to discuss. I have zero reason to think she won't run as well as she did in the Classic last year.
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I agree with all of what you said except the last line. Last year she ran at a familiar track and on a surface that she had won at many times. And without a cross-country plane trip.
Even if one considers Zenyatta as good as any other horse in the race, we'll be getting 2, 3, or 4 times the odds on LAL, Blame, and QR. I got burned last year, but I'm going in full blast again this year.
--Dunbar