3/14 seed shockers! Bold Ruler tops Barbaro, Citation fells John Henry

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Spectacular Bid fails to make the sweet 16. He is eliminated in round 2. Considering how well females have done, I was surprised he got by Genuine Risk in round 1.

Zenyatta is going to own Dr. Fager in the next round.

The two Cinderella horses, 14-seed Citation and 14-seed Bold Ruler have both scored 2nd round wins. Citation looks to pull off another massive upset when he takes on Cigar in round #3.

Personal Ensign is the last survivor of the horses to race in the 80's ... Spectacular Bid, Easy Goer, Sunday Silence, John Henry, Alysheba, etc have all fallen.

......as great as she was i dont see her beating any of these.

[Danzig]

it's the facebook generation...
the grey ghost was incredibly popular in his day. he stood out in the days of black and white television.
but, popular now doesn't exactly mean talented. how else can you explain paris hilton and snookie?

[Calzone Lord]

Cigar edges out Citation.

Zenyatta blows out Dr. Fager.

[South Beach Luv]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Cigar edges out Citation.

Zenyatta blows out Dr. Fager.

Cigar won by 2 votes I read.

Zenyatta wins the whole thing in hand. I would like to know the % of voters of male vs female, because from what I have seen it is like 75%/25% in the females favor.

[DaTruth]

Rachel could pull it off. The announcement of her foal's name has to be worth a few votes.

[South Beach Luv]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

Rachel could pull it off. The announcement of her foal's name has to be worth a few votes.

I will post this in her seed, it is by far my favorite horse racing video, I'm going to watch it again now for the probalby 12th time and it will no doubt give me goosebumps again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8kRDFNFIl8

[Calzone Lord]

I hope it comes down to Zenyatta VS Man O' War so I can vote for Zenyatta.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

Rachel could pull it off. The announcement of her foal's name has to be worth a few votes.

i don't know that she'll get much of a boost because of 'jess's dream'. seems anti-climactic to me.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't know that she'll get much of a boost because of 'jess's dream'. seems anti-climactic to me.

They had so many people suggest the name that they picked it out of a bowl. I figured they'd want something a little more unique.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Zenyatta blows out Dr. Fager.

How completely, utterly, ridiculously sad.

If young horse racing fans can't appreciate Dr. Fager - especially with YouTube availability of his races - this sport is doomed.