If Zenyatta wins the Classic

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I think it depends on the individual voter and what they are looking for. If I had a vote, I would have voted for Ghostzapper as the 2005 HOY even though he only ran in the Met Mile in May. I try to look for a horse that qualifies under the stated criteria and as long as that horse is a qualified contender, I don't care if they've run once or 100 times here. I try to vote on the horse that I thought was the best one, not necessarily the most accomplished one.

So I guess you would agree with Native Dancer being HOY in '54 with his only graded stakes win of the year being the Met Mile.