Who Is Horse Of The Year?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I love how you sit there and make it sound like California horses never leave the state, when its usually exactly the opposite, they go all the way across country, winning at a pretty good clip on surfaces that are foreign to them, yet you rarely see it in reverse.

If they BC had been at CD she would have been there, the owners support racing, oh maybe you forgot horses like Giacomo and Tiago traveling around the country?

how is my talking of zenyatta not leaving the state this year an indictment of all california horses every year?

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Danzig

how is my talking of zenyatta not leaving the state this year an indictment of all california horses every year?

its the same argument, every year, every thread, it gets old.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Danzig

how is my talking of zenyatta not leaving the state this year an indictment of all california horses every year?

for example, when azeri was up for HOY it was, she had an uninspired campaign, she just beat up on no ones in socal, she did not race at belmont or saratoga..

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

for example, when azeri was up for HOY it was, she had an uninspired campaign, she just beat up on no ones in socal, she did not race at belmont or saratoga..

She raced nine times if I remember correctly though including a win in Chicago.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

She raced nine times if I remember correctly though including a win in Chicago.

did I mention the number of races? no, it was the local

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

She raced nine times if I remember correctly though including a win in Chicago.

it was also "if she wanted to win she should have run in the classic"....thats what you heard around message boards.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

it was also "if she wanted to win she should have run in the classic"....thats what you heard around message boards.

So you're bringing up complaints made by basically no one that is on this message board 7 years ago and somehow comparing them to this situation?

NT

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

it was also "if she wanted to win she should have run in the classic"....thats what you heard around message boards.

I remember a lot of those being from Azeri's second West Coast campaign, where, after her perfect '02 season, she was handled much like Zenyatta. To be fair, she was between the same rock and hard place, given that the BC was in her own backyard.

Of course, the whole b!itchfest became moot once she got beat in the Lady's Secret.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I remember a lot of those being from Azeri's second West Coast campaign, where, after her perfect '02 season, she was handled much like Zenyatta. To be fair, she was between the same rock and hard place, given that the BC was in her own backyard.

Of course, the whole b!itchfest became moot once she got beat in the Lady's Secret.

Yes, that was unfortunate, she got hurt and then beat by a horse she drummed a month earlier, thats racing, you got to take your shots when they are there, cant wait till next year.

[kgar311]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Yes, that was unfortunate, she got hurt and then beat by a horse she drummed a month earlier, thats racing, you got to take your shots when they are there, cant wait till next year.

Correct! Its just too bad Zenyatta didnt do that.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

for example, when azeri was up for HOY it was, she had an uninspired campaign, she just beat up on no ones in socal, she did not race at belmont or saratoga..

which is why i mentioned her, because i thought she did plenty for HOY that year. those who argued she never travelled east were incorrect. altho she didn't go to the east coast, she most certainly did not remain in socal.