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11-13-2009, 10:10 AM
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I think the thing that offends me most about the Zenyatta Classic is that so many people seem to fall into the "this was the best Classic field ever" camp. Zenyatta is a tremendous filly but to think she faced the toughest and deepest Classic field ever is a leap of epic proportions............here's a few names from truly CLASSIC fields:
1984---Wild Again, Gate Dancer, Slew O'Gold, Desert Wine, Precisionist 1985---Proud Truth, Gate Dancer, Turkoman, Chiefs Crown 1987---Ferdinand, Alysheba, Cryptoclearance, Gulch, Afleet 1988---Alysheba, Seeking The Gold, Forty Niner, Cryptoclearance, Personal Flag 1989---Sunday Silence, Easy Goer, Cryptoclearance, Blushing John 1991---Black Tie Affair, Twilight Agenda, Unbridled, Strike The Gold, Marquetry 1998---Awesome Again, Silver Charm, Swain, Victory Gallop, Skip Away, Touch Gold This is not even getting to the fields in the 2000's when Tiznow went back-to-back. There is no doubt that Zenyatta ran a terrific race and it will always be a "Classic" but let's keep things in perspective.
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