Horse of the Year?

[Stickhorse]

Her death wasn't because of her use of meds but the public was so shocked that the racing industry took a hard look at the perception that thoroughbred racing has among the masses.

The tragedy of Eight Belles could be the turning point of thoroughbred racing's medication policies and track implementation of more synthetic track surfaces The sport is moving more toward making racing as safe as possible for the participants. For that reason her Derby might be one of the most important races of the decade.

I would not vote for her but she would be in my top ten.

[GPK]

Maram

[2Hot4TV]

Curlin took his game to the big races and looked like a world beater in Dubai. Zenyatta was undefeated against the girls and mostly in her own back yard. Big Brown was a flash in the pan 3yo. Curlin should be HOY.

[letswastemoney]

Pepper's Pride??? Are you serious?? She's a high priced claiming horse if she was on any other circuit!!

[AeWingnut]

horse of the YEAR - not the last race of the year. Zenyatta is questionable because she faced questionable competition all in California.

Who was Curlin ducking when he went to Dubai or Saratoga

wow.. that's pretty lean

I vote for none of the above and I really don't care who gets it

[dylbert]

Curlin is HOTY... please no whinning by Zenyatta crowd. Fillies and mares participate in restricted races. If Zenyatta had taken on boys in Breeders' Cup and prevailed, she would have earned HOTY.

Curlin won open Grade I races at multple venues on two continents. Zenyatta left California for her lone non-synthetic race and did not even cross Mississippi River! One could argue that she is California HOTY, or synthetic HOTY.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by dylbert

One could argue that she is California HOTY, or synthetic HOTY.

too funny

and let me guess, your in the Easy Goer was better then Sunday Silence crowd as well.

[10 pnt move up]

Does anyone think who Curlin's trainer is might swing a few votes, the guy has been popped for more drug offenses then Laurence Taylor. How much of the good stuff did Curlin get this year? To my knowledge Zenyatta's trainer has not a whiff of a problem like that with the jurisdictions.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Does anyone think who Curlin's trainer is might swing a few votes, the guy has been popped for more drug offenses then Laurence Taylor. How much of the good stuff did Curlin get this year? To my knowledge Zenyatta's trainer has not a whiff of a problem like that with the jurisdictions.

It doesn't seem like he got much...considering he lost a couple of times and the times he won were against suspect horses.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Cardus

I have never had a fan's rooting interest in Curlin, but to give the Horse-of-the-Year award to a horse other than he who won the Dubai World Cup, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Woodward Stakes, and the Steven Foster Handicap in one racing season, I'd have to see more than what Zenyatta provided.

Agree.

Too bad Zenyatta didn't run against the boys...