Shirreffs says Zenyatta deserves '10 Horse of the Year

[randallscott35]

Wait so now she doesn't even have to win and she still would get it....The whole gang surrounding this horse couldn't be less likable if they tried.

"A slap in the face"

He needs a punch to the face. A slap in the face doesn't cut it. Maybe a good punch in the throat when he starts with the excuses.

[Indian Charlie]

This could be the beginning of them backing out of the BCC.

[Thunder Gulch]

With the level of competition, maybe they could give her the Claiming Crown instead.

[Left Bank]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

With the level of competition, maybe they could give her the Claiming Crown instead.

But I bet there may be a horse or two at Canterbury that could do her in.

[2Hot4TV]

IMO there is one major issue that makes this debate so heated.

Most people LOVE to HATE.

Its a character flaw, due to poor breeding.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

This could be the beginning of them backing out of the BCC.

I sure hope not. Win or lose, I just want her to run so we can know. Maybe not definatively, but a lot of people still on the fence- and there are a lot- will move to one side of the aisle or the other.

If it rains, oh my.

[parsixfarms]

I thought she should have won the award last year, but the notion that she can win the award this year without winning the BC Classic, given her 2010 campaign, is simply delusional.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

This could be the beginning of them backing out of the BCC.

I think that's exactly what this is.

[chucklestheclown]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

This could be the beginning of them backing out of the BCC.

I'd say it is the middle.

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

"A slap in the face"

He needs a punch to the face. A slap in the face doesn't cut it. Maybe a good punch in the throat when he starts with the excuses.

seriously? He needs a punch in the face? What did he do to deserve that?

Originally Posted by eajinabi

seriously? He needs a punch in the face? What did he do to deserve that?

He earned you as a fan. That's enough for the guillotine.

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

He earned you as a fan. That's enough for the guillotine.

Too bad your vote isnt counted when he goes to the HOF. What a shame!

[declansharbor]

Are there really people out there thinking that she somehow ISN'T going in the Classic? Anyone of the belief that she's not going needs to put their CLEAR disdain for the connections aside and remove their head from their a$$.

The Eagles have a better chance of winning the Super Bowl this year than her not going in that race.

Originally Posted by eajinabi

Too bad your vote isnt counted when he goes to the HOF. What a shame!

Well that's just devastating. Thank goodness we still have trainers that are competitive and don't base every decision they make on silly awards.

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Well that's just devastating. Thank goodness we still have trainers that are competitive and don't base every decision they make on silly awards.

No they base every decision on sheet numbers...can't run em too often you know...there's a chance they might bounce.

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by monipenny

A time 4 honoring yourself will soon be at a end. The plain truth of it is that Sheriff's body of work is brilliant:All-time winningest mare who has remained undefeated through 3 yrs of un-interrupted training practically.
Guy has a Kentucky Derby win on his resume w/ less then average animal of any quality that's won the Derby, but just ask Pletcher, Mott, Shug, Zito, Baffert, if they really give a flip what we or you really think.The aforementioned gentleman have won the big one and the others on the list have wanted just a chance but failed.
Sheriff's is now a private trainer for mostly a few select clients who want nothing other then to have there immence egos flattered by winning the big one's and gaining national recognition right? You think winning the Derby w/ Giacamo hurt his sales or left him wanting. HTFN, he just said thank you very much for the roses and went about having his name engeaved into history as a Ky Derby winning owner. Not bad in my book
Sheriff's and his wife who happens to be racing manager 4 the Moss' just go along there merry way winning races and garnering jealous rages of fits from the minions who despise them so.

Just to keep such a HUGE horse from being hurt is a feat in its self and I wonder if she would still be racing if she were on dirt.(her best surface)

[zippyneedsawin]

So Sheriffs runs her through pretty much the same campaign for the 3rd year in a row (campaigns that didn't get her HOY the past two years) and he thinks it's a slap in the face if she DOESN'T win the award?

[Merlinsky]

If "all [he/she]'s done for racing" is the standard, we should go back and correct some past votes to make Funny Cide, Smarty Jones, and Barbaro HOY.

It's only a slap in the face if she wins the Classic and they still give it to someone else. If she loses to another legitimate HOY finalist fair and square, sorry, you can't give it to her with a straight face at that point. The award goes to the horse, Jerry, not you. If she doesn't get it, she'll go right on happily eating hay. She knows she's the queen. It's human beings that are getting all twisted in knots about whether she does or doesn't have her name on a trophy. She's got Champion Older Mare sewn up anyway.

[slotdirt]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

If "all [he/she]'s done for racing" is the standard, we should go back and correct some past votes to make Funny Cide, Smarty Jones, and Barbaro HOY.

It's only a slap in the face if she wins the Classic and they still give it to someone else. If she loses to another legitimate HOY finalist fair and square, sorry, you can't give it to her with a straight face at that point. The award goes to the horse, Jerry, not you. If she doesn't get it, she'll go right on happily eating hay. She knows she's the queen. It's human beings that are getting all twisted in knots about whether she does or doesn't have her name on a trophy. She's got Champion Older Mare sewn up anyway.