Zenyatta

[copying]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

Why are folks always suckers for the closers.

They watch Horse A battle through fast fractions, put away the chasers on the far turn, then hold off the deep closer Horse B, and their immediate thought will be, "Horse A was just lucky. One more jump and Horse B would have caught her. Horse B is the better horse."

Horses staggering home at shorter distances don't inspire confidence when going longer. And all those people that keep touting her Mother Goose win, I hope they don't really think RA was 20 lengths better than the 2nd horse (even if it was only an allowance horse). Maybe if you know you're beaten, and there is only 1 other horse you have to beat (whopping 3-horse field), you might just try to beat that other horse for 2nd (which at 12 lengths further back--didn't really make you run hard. Biggest winning margin -- jeez, give me a break.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by copying

Horses staggering home at shorter distances don't inspire confidence when going longer. And all those people that keep touting her Mother Goose win, I hope they don't really think RA was 20 lengths better than the 2nd horse (even if it was only an allowance horse). Maybe if you know you're beaten, and there is only 1 other horse you have to beat (whopping 3-horse field), you might just try to beat that other horse for 2nd (which at 12 lengths further back--didn't really make you run hard. Biggest winning margin -- jeez, give me a break.

The pace in a 10 furlong race will probably be softer, therefore Rachel will have something left for the finish.

I think the only way some other horse would beat Rachel in a 10 furlong race on dirt is if another horse went on a suicide mission, as what happened to Presious Passion last weekend when that gray horse decided to take him on early.

Even then, I believe Rachel would be professional enough to rate in 2nd or 3rd if such a horse were to put themself in a suicide mission.

[Patrick333]

I think people are going to have doubts until she goes 10f against a good field. She probably can make that distance. But you can never be certain until she does.

[copying]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

The pace in a 10 furlong race will probably be softer, therefore Rachel will have something left for the finish.

I think the only way some other horse would beat Rachel in a 10 furlong race on dirt is if another horse went on a suicide mission, as what happened to Presious Passion last weekend when that gray horse decided to take him on early.

Even then, I believe Rachel would be professional enough to rate in 2nd or 3rd if such a horse were to put themself in a suicide mission.

It all depends on the race setup. I don't know how many computer literate posters here remember when a speedball/sprinter named Bold Forbes gutted out a Belmont Stakes win way back when. I do.