Crist: The great distaffers..

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

The thing is, there were no synthetics back then, so there wasn't the need to go east/west vice/versa to prove one's mettle. I can understand folks wanting Personal Ensign to run in the West, but when the horse was undefeated, beat males in the Whitney, and had taken on all comers in her division on dirt, I guess I just don't get the comparison to Zenyatta's schedule.

So again, people are upset about the surface, which I get. I don't by the argument that she can't run on dirt, she would be better on dirt, certainly faster in general (there are no fast synthetic horses according to the numbers, just an occasional fast race). Just maybe not undefeated.

Zenyatta after the Classic will have run three times on dirt, I think it will be pretty obvious she has a lot of ability on multiple surfaces and will provide enough to judge.