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06-18-2009, 06:47 PM
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Has this ever happened before?
http://www.drf.com/news/article/104785.html
Life is Sweet to take on the boys in the Hollywood Gold Cup. Has an older filly or mare ever beaten older males before (let alone survive the race)? 
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06-18-2009, 07:02 PM
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06-18-2009, 08:10 PM
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Honeymoon ran second in 1946, as a 3yo. She and the winner carried the same actual weight. Females meeting males was not uncommon in US racing until fairly recently. Guess who ran third to John Henry in the Jockey Club Gold Cup in 1981; it was Easy Goer's mum Relaxing. She had beaten the guys in the Gallant Fox H(G2) and the John B. Campbell H (G2) earlier in her career.
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06-18-2009, 08:14 PM
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It's pretty funny that they are racing the lesser of the two more adventurously. OK....it's not really funny.
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06-18-2009, 08:21 PM
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"This is Zenyatta's second race back, which is a big deal," he said. "She's never gone a mile and a quarter. I think I'd like to keep her in a more comfortable situation." Shirreffs said he was more comfortable starting Life Is Sweet in the Gold Cup. "She's in the middle of her campaign," he said. "The Gold Cup seems like a bit more wide-open race."
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06-18-2009, 08:23 PM
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The good news is they will have to race her next year if they want to break Pepper's Pride's record. At this point, I don't think it will be tainted if she finishes her career in New Mexico.
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06-18-2009, 08:27 PM
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06-18-2009, 08:29 PM
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I hope not. She's clearly ill-suited to the distance.
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06-19-2009, 04:07 PM
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