Asmussen: No Rachel for Blossom

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by prudery

Not to be nit-picky, but mid-Feb is not the first week ...

Yes, that is nit-picky. Especially since you said it was "several weeks before" mid-February.

Jackson then changed his mind .

This was the instance where I'd agree Rachel Alexandra was mismanaged...in 2010.

I would say " a moment's notice " is poetic license, if not exaggeration .

It's called hyperbole. As you hint at by "poetic license", it is not meant to be taken literally.

Had Z gotten HOY--I think she probably would have, but since she did not--all factors considered, it was not too much of a stretch to bring this very lightly raced, late maturing mare back at six to try for HOY---NOT necessarily to beat Rachel exclusively ...

I never said she came out of retirement strictly to face Rachel Alexandra. In fact, I basically said the same thing you just did when I said if Rachel Alexandra was a non-contender for HOY last year (eg by being "well managed"), Zenyatta would have won the award and rode off into the sunset...