Roger Stein on Beyer on Zenyatta

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

By the way Rupert, her debut and her second start were, at least to me, her two most impressive starts prior to the BCC this year.

I thought her 2008 Apple Blossom was huge. Not only was it extremely impressive visually but as I said in another thread, I think she ran much faster that day than anyone gives her credit for. I think the official time of the other big race that day was wrong. Like racereplays.com, I had the Oaklawn Handicap in 1:50.34, not 1:48 3/5 (the official time they came up with 2 days later). Zenyatta ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 3/5 just 1 hour earlier.