La Troienne discussion

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Perhaps her reputation was enhanced by beating up on subpar competition last year and being that she matured early didnt have much improvement left?

Either way it is really hard to give her an excuse for todays race. How she was ridden is not a valid excuse.

I thought Rachel ran well today. She's obviously not the same Rachel we watched last year, cause she won the close one's last year. But she ran a game race. Its not like she ran 5th by 20.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I thought Rachel ran well today. She's obviously not the same Rachel we watched last year, cause she won the close one's last year. But she ran a game race. Its not like she ran 5th by 20.

Ran well relative to??? She ran a close 2nd to a pretty good filly. There is no disgrace in that. But there is nothing that she ran against last year that has done a thing this year. Nothing.

[Honu]

Maybe they will just haul her over to the farm tonight and throw her in the stall with Curlin , perhaps that is what she is trying to tell them.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Honu

Maybe they will just haul her over to the farm tonight and throw her in the stall with Curlin , perhaps that is what she is trying to tell them.

when does breeding season end?

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

when does breeding season end?

Ideally she would have been bred by now , Im no expert but you gotta think that in the next couple of weeks breeding season will have ended , even at that it would still make it a late foal.
The filly just isnt cracking 11 and change 1/8ths like she was last year , she is getting slow fractions and cant accelerate off of them , sometimes when fillies run like she did last year and then get time off they just say the heck with it . Im not saying she didnt try today , what Im saying is her brilliance is not there.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Honu

Ideally she would have been bred by now , Im no expert but you gotta think that in the next couple of weeks breeding season will have ended , even at that it would still make it a late foal.
The filly just isnt cracking 11 and change 1/8ths like she was last year , she is getting slow fractions and cant accelerate off of them , sometimes when fillies run like she did last year and then get time off they just say the heck with it . Im not saying she didnt try today , what Im saying is her brilliance is not there.

i agree. I just dont see the point of retiring right now like a lot on this thread have said. If she could still be bred, then maybe there would be a point..

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Honu

Maybe they will just haul her over to the farm tonight and throw her in the stall with Curlin , perhaps that is what she is trying to tell them.

Maybe she's "pining for the fjords." You're welcome, Monty Python fans.

I'd love to watch either Rachel and Zenyatta run without arguing about how talented a horse is who's not even in the race. This is tiresome.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Ran well relative to??? She ran a close 2nd to a pretty good filly. There is no disgrace in that. But there is nothing that she ran against last year that has done a thing this year. Nothing.

I just thought she ran a good race. Obviously not relative to last year.