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![]() The Breeders Cup Distaff can be outright conceded to her today.
Steve Asmussen's record on synthetic tracks is so bad it's scary .. and Rachel Alexandra has that good early speed which is a much more of an asset on dirt than on Pro-Ride. The Distaff is now signed, sealed, and delivered to Zenyatta. |
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![]() If Rachel is worth 10 million.. I wonder how much Zenyatta could bring..
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![]() I don't know.
Zenyatta sure did show Brownie Points who was boss in the Apple Blossom - and I certainly think she would have been beaten by that terrible Miss Isella horse who Borel got to beat a loose on the lead One Caroline with going 8.5f on a wet track. I certainly like Rachel Alexandra a lot more of the two horses ... but I don't think she'll have a prayer on the Pro-Ride with Asmussen training her ... I'm playing her to finish off the board in that race. I hope she dominates up to that point. |
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Apparently she isn't for sale as she shouldn't be |
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![]() This is some of the most ridiculous stuff ever posted. Not only is the focus of the thread a race a mere 6 months away, but we also get insightful tidbits such as indisputable evidence of Zenyatta's horrible dirt form (she defeated subsequent multiple graded stakes winner Brownie Points by open lengths) and definitive proof that Rachel Alexandra can't handle synthetic surfaces (future trainer Steve Asmussen wins races less frequently on synthetics than regular dirt).
At least the avatar displays a true voice of reason. |
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rachel may well handle syns, but i'd rather it be effort and talent vs the same, on neutral ground.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln |
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Zenyatta's Apple Blossom win was mediocre. I love how you call Brownie Points a subsquent Graded Stakes winner ... she won a Grade 3 turf stake at Lone Star Park next time out. In her next dirt race after the Apple Blossom she ran a mediocre 5th with a 79 Beyer. Her 3 prior dirt Beyer before the Apple Blossom were 89, 80, and 86. She stinks ... and if you trust Zenyatta's absurd 104 Beyer in the Apple Blossom ... I guess you also have to trust Tiag-slow's 110 in a nose victory that day ... a number that no rational person can believe he is capable of runnning. |
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horse racing fans are rational?
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln |
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I respectfully disagree. |
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I like how were supposed to assume that Rachel Alexandra will run her race in the Breeders Cup even though the track is the most closer friendly in the country - and even though Asmussen is downright brutal with synthetic horses. Asmussen still hasn't even won a route race on KEE's syntethic track and it's been around since 2006. He got his first 31 post time favorites beat on PID's syntethic track. Pyro was a claimer over syntethic tracks and Curlin couldn't even beat Tiag-slow |
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Kudos on calling Rachel Alexandra the KY Oaks winner way back in February. She was only odds on in her two subsequent starts. Oh, and Tiago is no Giacomo. |
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Although - most people did believe that Stardom Bound was the most likely Oaks winner at the time - and even several weeks later - Justwhistledixie closed as the pool 3 favorite over Rachel Alexandra... but whatever. |
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![]() Giacomo was a much better 2yo than Tiago... and is pretty much his equal after that.
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![]() The dam of both Giacomo and Tiago was an absolute rocketship though.
So - maybe they will both sire speed sprinters - who knows. |
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![]() Holy Bull and Pleasant Tap were nice racehorses anyway.
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