Rachel Alexandra (116 Beyer for Haskell)

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Zenyatta will beat her to a pulp on that surface...

I'd empty my pockets on Euphony against RA on a synthetic track. She'd have no chance with Euphony .. not that Euphony is that much horse.

She will probably run a lot better than Big Brown did in the Belmont .. but I'm convinced that using RA running in the Breeders Cup to market the sport won't turn out so hot when she runs dreadful and excuses start to fly.

Maybe Byk can talk Jess into giving her back to the super talented Hal Wiggins if they decide to go to SA.. lol

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Wiggins actually has better numbers on synthetic tracks.

Heck - going from Asmussen to Glenn Wismer is a gigantic trainer improvment for synthetic track racing ... of course .. that could just be all the Cozar's making it seem that way.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Wiggins actually has better numbers on synthetic tracks.

Heck - going from Asmussen to Glenn Wismer is a gigantic trainer improvment for synthetic track racing ... of course .. that could just be all the Cozar's making it seem that way.

Imagine Hal Wiggins getting her back in the barn..Sort of like when you come home from getting a tattoo and your mom goes nutz..."What have they done to my baby"

[tector]

Screw the BC. They bed their own sh*tty bed, let them lie in it. No one is obligated to bail them out. Let them fail--it is only way things might change.

If RA keeps this up, she will be HOY without the BC. Assuming her connections pick another challenging spot next time out, and if she wins again, then Zenyatta's path to HOY will require her to either come east and win over RA, or win the BC Classic. Her connections chose a path that would have worked unless a 3YO freaked--and it is their bad luck that the one that did is an utterly charismatic filly who is taking one challenge after another, and winning with style. Most casual fans outside of California don't even know Zenyatta exists. Casual fans everywhere know RA. Notwithstanding the Shadow of Assmuffin, it would be insane not to make her HOY. And it would also be a good wayto register disgust with the BC and polymania.