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Old 08-04-2010, 03:08 PM
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9th (6:15) Clement L. Hirsch S. (G1)

1 1/16 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $300,000

1 Princess Taylor (GB) Espinoza V 119 L
2 Made for Magic Berrio O A 121 L
3 Spring Style (IRE) Valenzuela P A 119 L
4 Dance to My Tune Flores D R 119 L
5 Zenyatta Smith M E 123 L
6 Rinterval (IRE) Bejarano R 119 L

weight for age? Was this ever a handicap? Z giving 2-4 pounds to these dogs is embarrassing.
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Old 08-04-2010, 03:37 PM
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weight for age? Was this ever a handicap? Z giving 2-4 pounds to these dogs is embarrassing.
Not embarrassing enough for ANYBODY with a filly/mare that can outrun a POODLE on POLY to ship out there and take all the money. Guess the winner's share of $300k is just not enough to get all those with qualifying horses to ship out there. I mean, clearly, Z ain't much and she's getting free rides.

I realize there are a lot of idiots in this industry but surely SOMEONE has a horse that can take that easy $180k home. What's stopping them? I know if I had a filly/mare, I'd ship her out there for some of what St. Trinians got ( i.e, a long vacation).
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Old 08-04-2010, 04:07 PM
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Not embarrassing enough for ANYBODY with a filly/mare that can outrun a POODLE on POLY to ship out there and take all the money. Guess the winner's share of $300k is just not enough to get all those with qualifying horses to ship out there. I mean, clearly, Z ain't much and she's getting free rides.

I realize there are a lot of idiots in this industry but surely SOMEONE has a horse that can take that easy $180k home. What's stopping them? I know if I had a filly/mare, I'd ship her out there for some of what St. Trinians got ( i.e, a long vacation).
I get your point, but I'm surprised no one wants an easy $60k for 2nd and the grade 1 placing. Heck Zito made Andromeda's Hero(among others) a millionaire doing it in the East.
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Old 08-04-2010, 04:38 PM
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I get your point, but I'm surprised no one wants an easy $60k for 2nd and the grade 1 placing. Heck Zito made Andromeda's Hero(among others) a millionaire doing it in the East.
That's what I was thinking..5 years from now a yearling gets the tag "out of Grade 1 placed mare who ran second to Zenyatta"
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Old 08-04-2010, 08:12 PM
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That's what I was thinking..5 years from now a yearling gets the tag "out of Grade 1 placed mare who ran second to Zenyatta"
That's why they should have run the San Diego Chargers cheerleaders against her instead.
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Old 08-04-2010, 04:40 PM
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Not embarrassing enough for ANYBODY with a filly/mare that can outrun a POODLE on POLY to ship out there and take all the money. Guess the winner's share of $300k is just not enough to get all those with qualifying horses to ship out there. I mean, clearly, Z ain't much and she's getting free rides.

I realize there are a lot of idiots in this industry but surely SOMEONE has a horse that can take that easy $180k home. What's stopping them? I know if I had a filly/mare, I'd ship her out there for some of what St. Trinians got ( i.e, a long vacation).
Not as easy as you make it sound. Sure the competition sucks, but that trip over the Rockies is really tough.
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Old 08-04-2010, 05:27 PM
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Don't forget how scary the dmr surface has been to Z this meet too.

Consider it a miracle if she manages to get her footing over that track.
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Is she wearing a habit?
Rather than come east, she's gonna go into hiding in a convent, teaching a group of misfit nuns to dance. A bunch of marketing guys from Belmont find out where she is and try to horse-nap her, but she escapes, drawing the Pope for a final grand performance at a packed cathedral and causing the crowd to proclaim that Zenyatta is evidence that God exists. Can I get an amen?
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Old 08-05-2010, 01:56 PM
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why does she HAVE to go east? why can't anyone come west? It is a grade 1 that's unrestricted, you know
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Old 08-05-2010, 02:35 PM
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Rather than come east, she's gonna go into hiding in a convent, teaching a group of misfit nuns to dance. A bunch of marketing guys from Belmont find out where she is and try to horse-nap her, but she escapes, drawing the Pope for a final grand performance at a packed cathedral and causing the crowd to proclaim that Zenyatta is evidence that God exists. Can I get an amen?
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Old 08-04-2010, 08:24 PM
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Chuck, this may be the race to have Angry Dragon try to break her maiden....


Chuck, what do you think?




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Old 08-04-2010, 09:25 PM
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Just another step toward doing what she was born to do … run ten long panels at The Downs…
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Old 08-04-2010, 09:50 PM
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Just another step toward doing what she was born to do … run ten long panels at The Downs…
Unfortunately those "steps" are on these stairs:

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Old 08-05-2010, 08:27 AM
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Paid workout, she wins by a measured length with a solid 87 Beyer. Of note Smith who won a rare race yesterday was sitting on 1 win for the Delmar meet thus far. That might be her biggest challenge.
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Old 08-05-2010, 08:33 AM
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Sheriff's will have the screws tightened SO.
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Old 08-04-2010, 03:38 PM
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The only possible good that could remotely come from RA and Zenyatta beating up on the fields of cows they've faced recently is that perhaps their win streaks and/or dominant victories would build interest for their eventual meeting against each other.
Unfortunately for that theory, neither of them wins in that dominant of a fashion this year....and there proably won't be a meeting anyway.
The Haskell last week and the Whitney this week are infinitely more interesting than anything the supposed superstars in the sport this year attempt. They both bore me.
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