Who Is Horse Of The Year?

[Gander]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Hopefully:

--The fact that Assmussen is the trainer and Jackson is the owner won't affect the vote

--There is no doubt that there are people who dislike the connections of Rachel and like the connections of Zenyatta

--In a close vote, that could make the difference...How sad.

This is why, awards are so silly and meaningless. Their extremely biased.

I pointed out why Empire Maker should have lost the Eclipse Award to Funny Cide, but the real reason he lost the award was his connections werent very well liked, especially compared to the Funny Cide feel good story of the century.

Why dont you think Big Brown was more popular? Hmmm, I wonder.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Gander

This is why, awards are so silly and meaningless. Their extremely biased.

gander is the voice of reason. who cares? its the opinion and vote of a bunch of people. they are not racing each other. both sides have made me laugh. the thread where rachel is better than ruffian is a hoot. considering ruffian broke more records than zenyatta and rachel combined. but anyway there are good reasons for both winning. that being said, i had to vote for rachel. i kind of see horse of the year as a fan thing so any horse that runs on different tracks at different states would get my vote. yes , her campaign was planned to win this by summers end, but she won them all. plus, both races have there weaknesses. the woodward was second rate horses and the breeders cup "classic" is called a "classic" on pro ride where the dirt horses don't seem to have a shot at all. bottom line rachel exposed herself to more fans, more races on different tracks and won them all. the lesson should be "take it on the road or stay home and shut up when you are passed over". both are great horses though.