Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta set for Apple Blossom confrontation

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by GPK

"Out of respect for the level of competition and then importance of this race, I have told Mr. Jackson it was not in the bet interest of the horse to race on April 3," Steve Asmussen, trainer of Rachel Alexandra, said in the press release. "Getting to this level of fitness after a six-month layoff takes time. If all goes according to schedule, and we don't have any further weather delays, the earliest we could have a prep race would be the middle of March. It is then not fair to Rachel to ask her to race again three weeks later."


Give me a f*cking break. Now I am a huge fan of Rachel (as PG would say, she's a STUD), but not fair to ask her to race again 3 weeks later??? FFS, just retire her then. What a crock of sh*t.

so off of a 27 week layoff she should go twice in three weeks??

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

so off of a 27 week layoff she should go twice in three weeks??

Great horses in the past never did such a thing, did they?

[tector]

Originally Posted by GPK

Great horses in the past never did such a thing, did they?

What would we do without the Golden Ages of Yore in every sport.....

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by GPK

Great horses in the past never did such a thing, did they?

no, but they are faster and they probably are for about 5 and half furlongs....then they can't run for months and months......yeah, this is way better.....lol

[dalakhani]

Ive certainly sided with Zenyatta camp on most of these issues but I dont think you can really blame Assmussen for his stance. He is preparing her for an entire campaign not just one race.

Besides, the longer he waits, the money just gets bigger and Zenyatta just gets older. The clock is on his side...Jackson's mortality not withstanding.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by GPK

Great horses in the past never did such a thing, did they?

not since I've been following racing since 1996 with a few exceptions