Asmussen: No Rachel for Blossom

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

The only thing more useless and more circumstantial than an unbeaten record is the earnings record.

Has logic consistently been applied by Jess Jackson to his decisions or, heck, his sentence construction? Did I miss something? He wanted that earnings record with Curlin once it came within reach and why wouldn't anybody? Protecting his interests in RA & Curlin at the same time ain't unreasonable. Just because you wouldn't do it, doesn't mean it wouldn't be done by Jess Jackson. It'd be bad enough to lose to Z, worse to watch her then eclipse Curlin's $$ record on top of everything, which she'd eventually do. Earnings records have mattered for years. It mattered with Citation.

As for unbeaten records, uh yeah that matters too. Just ask the folks with Pepper's Pride. There's gonna be a Tiznow-Pepper's Pride young'un this year because of it (probably is already, she was bred last March). The racing media sure reported on it like it was a thing to be impressed by. The Mosses didn't exactly throw caution to the wind all of last year. Z's campaign up to the Classic was relatively conservative. They sure seemed to care at least a bit about her unbeaten record, unless I missed something. Farms promote stallions like Seattle Slew and Smarty Jones as having done big things on the TC trail while unbeaten. It comes up virtually every time some talks about Personal Ensign. But yeah, who cares?

As for RA fans v. Zenyatta fans. Sorry folks, I consider myself a supporter of both horses. This ain't either/or. Calm down.