Zenyatta

RockHardTen1985 · #1 03-13-2010, 06:55 PM

I think Brians just messing around, waiting on his response.

slotdirt · #2 03-13-2010, 07:00 PM

Give Zenyatta credit - most horses would have bailed in that spot. Then again, most jockeys wouldn't have put their mounts in that spot either, but I digress. She's got moxy.

10 pnt move up · #3 03-13-2010, 07:08 PM

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Give Zenyatta credit - most horses would have bailed in that spot. Then again, most jockeys wouldn't have put their mounts in that spot either, but I digress. She's got moxy.

She only beat a 50/1 shot by a length, in like a 80 beyer......

on figures RA run lengths better, many lengths.

brianwspencer · #4 03-13-2010, 07:00 PM

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I think Brians just messing around, waiting on his response.

Well it's two-fold. Zardana sucks on the synthetics....but she doesn't suck THAT bad. Today's results make it clear to me that she's better on dirt, so we can't compare them like apples an oranges.

On the flipside, if there was anything but plugs in that Santa Margarita, she would've been in for a hell of a race. Luckily for her, nobody was doing any running at all while she was getting into her trouble.

The 50-1 plug that she had to catch before the trouble was still the only horse she had to catch once she got out of it. She's fortunate that there was nothing in that race, but she ran huge and overcame everything asked of her.

I think she was awfully impressive today on one hand, and awfully lucky on the other that she was the only Grade I mare in an otherwise lackluster Grade III field that allowed her to get away with that.

2Hot4TV · #5 03-13-2010, 07:04 PM

Brian you are right and thats the kind of race RA should of had today.

pointman · #6 03-13-2010, 07:07 PM

Zenyatta really is something on plastic.

10 pnt move up · #7 03-13-2010, 07:08 PM

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Zenyatta really is something on plastic.

Do you dont think she can translate it on the Oaklawn surface?

RockHardTen1985 · #8 03-13-2010, 07:10 PM

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Do you dont think she can translate it on the Oaklawn surface?

Its getting so old... I hate synthetics, but they are not going anywhere... People just need to stop, racing is racing and Z is the goods on either surface.

RockHardTen1985 · #9 03-13-2010, 07:10 PM

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Zenyatta really is something on plastic.

This is so old... Her Apple Blossom win WAS AWESOME AND really easy. No reasson to think she would not improve right now, AGAIN on dirt.

GPK · #10 03-13-2010, 07:24 PM

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This is so old... Her Apple Blossom win WAS AWESOME AND really easy. No reasson to think she would not improve right now, AGAIN on dirt.

Hey genious, she is a 5 yo Mare. She's not gonna improve anymore. Unless switched to Wolfson of course.

Danzig · #11 03-13-2010, 07:28 PM

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Hey genious, she is a 5 yo Mare. She's not gonna improve anymore. Unless switched to Wolfson of course.

actually, i think she's six now.

honestly tho--if i were the mosses, i wouldn't travel. keep her home and get the win streak record. not saying she'd lose travelling....but why mess with something when it's not broken? she hasn't shipped out of cali in a year, shipped and raced in two....
i have to wonder now how it's going to unfold. if jackson backs out, citing lack of readiness, zenyatta won't come anyway because the big purse goes away.

ArlJim78 · #12 03-13-2010, 07:11 PM

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Zenyatta really is something on plastic.

her one race at Oaklawn was her largest margin of victory.

RockHardTen1985 · #13 03-13-2010, 07:12 PM

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her one race at Oaklawn was her largest margin of victory.

I just watched the replay of it, she totally EXPLODES IN THAT RACE.

ArlJim78 · #14 03-13-2010, 07:15 PM

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I just watched the replay of it, she totally EXPLODES IN THAT RACE.

yeah I know, I don't understand why people are so convinced she needs synthetic to win and would be a hapless also ran on dirt.

Payson Dave · #15 03-13-2010, 07:17 PM

Is there anyone who does not think they are both pretty special??.... as to who is better....until they actually face each other on dirt it's all just conjecture 'n bullshit proclaiming who's the better one.

RockHardTen1985 · #16 03-13-2010, 07:22 PM

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Is there anyone who does not think they are both pretty special??.... as to who is better....until they actually face each other on dirt it's all just conjecture 'n bullshit proclaiming who's the better one.

They are both great, amazing horses, but Z is better.

Danzig · #17 03-13-2010, 07:23 PM

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Is there anyone who does not think they are both pretty special??.... as to who is better....until they actually face each other on dirt it's all just conjecture 'n bullshit proclaiming who's the better one.

sadly, there are some who think one or the other isn't special, when in fact both are.

i didn't see either race. i'll have to go to twinspires to see the replays. we didn't get home in time from quiz bowl regionals (our team won, yay! my son was mvp-a bit of bragging is warranted i think!)....anyway, i hope they're both as close to 100% in a few weeks time as possible, and that they are still able to have the race.

mbahadur · #18 03-13-2010, 07:18 PM

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her one race at Oaklawn was her largest margin of victory.

And let's not forget that in this race she beat the winner of the previous year's BC Distaff (on dirt) in Ginger Punch.

pointman · #19 03-13-2010, 07:18 PM

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her one race at Oaklawn was her largest margin of victory.

Which is great. I have no doubt that she will put in a decent run at Oaklawn. Certainly horses shipping in from California have taken to the Oaklawn dirt recently. However, I still want to see her prove it on dirt against a quality horse like Rachel. I still think that if Rachel is a 100% fit she will be the better of the two.

However, I am not ready to crown either one until they hit the finish line in the Apple Blossem. Frankly, I hope that they are both fit and ready on 4/9 and answer the question that everyone has on the racetrack.

packerbacker7964 · #20 03-13-2010, 07:21 PM

Z better be glad the other horse in her trainers stable ran at the fairgrounds today that's all I'm saying