Rachel vs. Zenyatta: Which run the better race?

[JerseyJ]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

For those that thought maybe they would meet up this summer:

“Every venue has its idiosyncrasies that are risky,” noted Moss. “We had a very bad experience with Giacomo going to the detention barn at Belmont, which threw him out of his game for the Belmont Stakes (gr. I). He went nuts (finishing seventh, beaten nearly 18 lengths). At Saratoga, you have the detention barn, plus tight turns that would compromise Zenyatta given her running style of coming wide from behind.

The detention barn threw Giacomo off his game for the Belmont Stakes? That could be as laughable of a quote as I have ever seen. More like faster and better horses threw Giacomo off his game for the Belmont Stakes. Moss is in la-la land if he thought it would have mattered if Giacomo was in the Detention Barn or not that year for the Belmont Stakes against Afleet Alex. But they can think and believe all they want.