Zenyatta assigned 129 pounds for Vanity

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Originally Posted by CSC

I don't think I will have to validate anything, Rachel is doing that for herself. All I am saying is you guys put her on a level of one of the best of all time, I don't have to look up posts, but that was the sentiment here last summer. The fact is she is showing that assessment was grossly overstated. For the record I never said she was a mediocre horse, but have stated she was very good on many occasions. Given her performances in the Woodward and 2 races this year, I think I have been correct. But she certainly doesn't belong on the pedestal that some placed her on last year, curiously some of those posters have dissapeared.

She had a remarkable year, and a far more impressive one than Zenyatta did. Nothing that happens this year changes that. I don't understand why you seem to think that Rachel's two narrow missteps this year invalidate what happened last season. You're either disingenuous or not very smart if that's your contention.

Her Woodward was outstanding, and anybody who watches racing at Saratoga will attest to that. Stop, for a second, worrying about what was behind her, and instead realize the kind of pace she was forced through before having to hold off a perfect-trip older male who was clearly better in '09 than he is this year.