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Old 06-13-2010, 06:56 PM
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Great athletes make things happen... Michael Jordan with buzzer beaters, Tiger Woods with big putts etc. This was another example... giving weight, going wide, giving St. Trinians a head start - everything - yet she still got it done. Pretty cool.
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I think her biggest detractors, her biggest worshipers, and everybody in between can all agree on that.
That was fun.
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:57 PM
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Great athletes make things happen... Michael Jordan with buzzard beaters, Tiger Woods with big putts etc. This was another example... giving weight, going wide, giving St. Trinians a head start - everything - yet she still got it done. Pretty cool.
Uh no. Great athletes face the best on a consistent basis.
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:58 PM
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That was exciting as hell. St Trinians has a weird stride.
You would too if you had as many needles stuck in you that have been stuck in her
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:59 PM
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Uh no. Great athletes face the best on a consistent basis.
I know what you're saying, and if this was like every other sport, yeah... but Rocco Mediate is a good not great golfer, and he had Tiger on the ropes, yet Tiger won. Same thing today.
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I think I'm finally understanding the folks who like Zenyatta. She certainly gives you a charge every time she runs. Has this horse ever won an easy race?
yeah. The breeders cup classic.
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I think I may have jinxed St. Trinians with my premature shout of glee at thinking Zenyatta was finally going to lose. A second later, the outcome seemed never in doubt.

No doubt Smith had to ride her a heck of a lot harder today than he had to in any of her previous several starts.
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I know what you're saying, and if this was like every other sport, yeah... but Rocco Mediate is a good not great golfer, and he had Tiger on the ropes, yet Tiger won. Same thing today.
Just take a break for a few hours and let reality set in.
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They should just run her until she is like 12.

Garcia rode a great race, I wasn't sure I would ever say that.
He rode a great race. Had 9 lbs. Came out to force her wide coming into the stretch. Came out again mid-stretch. I'm gunna says this again. If you want to beat the best, then the horse can't be twirling the left front like that (it matters going 9-10f.)
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I know what you're saying, and if this was like every other sport, yeah... but Rocco Mediate is a good not great golfer, and he had Tiger on the ropes, yet Tiger won. Same thing today.
Not really unless the US Open = Vanity

gio Ponti is more of a Rocco type
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Smith's dream horse. No need to worry about going 9 wide in a six horse field.
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Smith's dream horse. No need to worry about going 9 wide in a six horse field.
Actually it was a 4 horse field with 2 donkeys
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Old 06-13-2010, 07:03 PM
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Just take a break for a few hours and let reality set in.
Oh I know... the pace was solid, the race setup, St. Trinian puts the race away, and laid down in the final few strides, but none-the-less Zenyatta was beat at the 16th pole, but dug-in.
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Counted 10 cracks of the whip by Smith, for whatever that is worth (probably absolutely nothing).
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I'm sure Mike Smith loved that comparison to him being Jay Z and Zenyatta Beyonce, wtf was that guy thinking
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Oh I know... the pace was solid, the race setup, St. Trinian puts the race away, and laid down in the final few strides, but none-the-less Zenyatta was beat at the 16th pole, but dug-in.
Laid down, come on..

That mare ran her eyeballs out today getting a great ride...
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Counted 10 cracks of the whip by Smith, for whatever that is worth (probably absolutely nothing).
Looked like she didn't put her head down and really start running until he cracked her a few times.
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I'm sure Mike Smith loved that comparison to him being Jay Z and Zenyatta Beyonce, wtf was that guy thinking
TVG clowns deliver every time.
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Smith's dream horse. No need to worry about going 9 wide in a six horse field.
That's hilarious
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