Horse of the Year?

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Theatrical

Actually, I believe we could both be as you describe. Not a lot of objectivity, but for different reasons.
I realize Hystericalady favors dirt over any other surface. I know this. Her trainer knows this. Her owners know this. The gamblers know this. They still ran her on it. Analysis of races is great. However, sometimes one can get carried away by overthinking a particular race scenario to the point one's perspective is compromised by numbers, stats and what if's. This is a point where you and I differ greatly.

Put it another way. I don't think there is a chance in hell that Indian Blessing could beat Curlin in a 10f race with a full field of horses. But put them together at 6f in a four horse field and she is the lone speed and she'd crush him. An extreme example for sure but just bringing out the point that race analysis is very important. Plenty of times in racing, the result is not as clear cut as it may seem at first glance.

In this particular case, you seem to be taking the defensive, as if I'm saying that Hystericalady is a better horse than Zenyatta is when I'm clearly not saying that at all. But I've seen way too many situations where an inferior horse is allowed total control of a race and beats a superior one. I believe that had the Lady's Secret been on dirt, that would have been the case this year. It has nothing to do with how good I think Zenyatta is.