Zenyatta assigned 129 pounds for Vanity

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by CSC

I've been down that road here, with this 95% Pro-Rachel board. Unless Zenyatta wins on dirt, travels, runs a minimum 115 beyer, beats Quality Road, carries 130 doing so, and runs against the bias. It may, JUST may satisfy her detractors. Though I'm not holding onto that belief. But I guess even I can be surprised sometimes.

All I ask is that people comparing horses who have run on synthetics and dirt actually try to understand that many horses prefer one over the other. To diminish the quality of Unrivaled Belle because she lost a race on the Pro-Ride is foolish, especially given her prior dirt accomplishments and those she' accumulated since.

That argument drives me even more crazy than this incessant notion that Zenyatta is better on dirt.

NT

[CSC]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

All I ask is that people comparing horses who have run on synthetics and dirt actually try to understand that many horses prefer one over the other. To diminish the quality of Unrivaled Belle because she lost a race on the Pro-Ride is foolish, especially given her prior dirt accomplishments and those she' accumulated since.

That argument drives me even more crazy than this incessant notion that Zenyatta is better on dirt.

NT

May I add then why is it okay to diminish horses that win on poly? I know some people hate the BC, but if Zenyatta makes it to the BC later this year, we may get to understand her specialness if she can duplicate her races on dirt. If this is the case, I would hope she will receive her derserved recognition for being versatile enough to win regardless of what surface she runs on. To me that is a far better measure of greatness than the limitations of a singular surface.