7/24 (MTH): Lady's Secret S. feat. Rachel Alexandra

[prudery]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

Speaking of being off topic . . . . . The title of this thread is Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra's next start . . . . not selectively choosing which of Rachel Alexandra's 2009 races to compare to zenyatta's fake dirt win over turf horses.

To fully appreciate Rachel Alexandra's historic 2009 campaign, you must look at her entire body of work that year. For some reason, the zetards don't like to do that.

Duh Truth---I looked at Rachel's historic 2009 campaign LAST YEAR .

Very spiffy . And deserving of its reward .

For some reason Rachelistas can't get over 2009 a year later . And yes, you did say the topic was Rachel's next race, not last year's races ... Off topic ..

Her campaign this year is somewhat less historic--in particular this faux race coming up .

You can spin that all you want, but this Monmouth endeavor is historic only in its absurdity .

Time to look forward and get the shades of delusion off .

If this campaign was run by any other horse, they would be laughed at for Breeder's Cup potential, and even more so as a potential candidate for HOY .

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by prudery

Duh Truth---I looked at Rachel's historic 2009 campaign LAST YEAR .

Very spiffy . And deserving of its reward .

For some reason Rachelistas can't get over 2009 a year later . And yes, you did say the topic was Rachel's next race, not last year's races ... Off topic ..

Her campaign this year is somewhat less historic--in particular this faux race coming up .

You can spin that all you want, but this Monmouth endeavor is historic only in its absurdity .

Time to look forward and get the shades of delusion off .

If this campaign was run by any other horse, they would be laughed at for Breeder's Cup potential, and even more so as a potential candidate for HOY .

someone with a realistic outlook. i don't even understand the argument, seeing that i'm not a bandwagon jumper. so, i won't even mention names....just the facts. one horse is doing really well, the other is not. one horse shipped in (oaklawn) ready to run for 5 million......on dirt, the other did not. one horse is knocking down grade 1's, the other is running in some ridiculous set up race. one horse will be at the BC classic...on dirt, if all is well. from the schedule of the other horse....well, i'll believe it when i see it.....its so painfully obvious....its not even funny. i hope the race happens and i get to bet it because if the odds are even close...its free money........lol. i could care less about the rachelist or the zentards.. i care about the reality of who is winning and who is not...when i bet. this is 2010, not 2009....throw last years forms out and its not even close.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

....throw last years forms out and no horse is even close to Quality Road.

FTFY

[Merlinsky]

When it comes to Rachel v. Zenyatta v. whatever straw man people wanna put together, I'm slowly going bonkers. I imagine this guy muttering to himself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8CrvGndKzE

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

someone with a realistic outlook. i don't even understand the argument, seeing that i'm not a bandwagon jumper. so, i won't even mention names....just the facts. one horse is doing really well, the other is not. one horse shipped in (oaklawn) ready to run for 5 million......on dirt, the other did not. one horse is knocking down grade 1's, the other is running in some ridiculous set up race. one horse will be at the BC classic...on dirt, if all is well. from the schedule of the other horse....well, i'll believe it when i see it.....its so painfully obvious....its not even funny. i hope the race happens and i get to bet it because if the odds are even close...its free money........lol. i could care less about the rachelist or the zentards.. i care about the reality of who is winning and who is not...when i bet. this is 2010, not 2009....throw last years forms out and its not even close.

One horse had a 5 month layoff hanging around in a stall without a stitch of training, one did not. One had a winning formula that came apart when they tried to change her running style, her bit, and her training methods. One did not. One has an owner a la Jerry Jones who enjoys the micromanaging experience. One does not. We could do this all day. And bringing up number of G1s is kinda silly when it's more like "G1"s that she's won 2-3 times apiece. It's more significant that she won them with her running style--that's where Zenyatta gets more points from me. Not that she won so many G1s or maybe even the Classic. It's that she gives everybody a bloody head start each time, 17 straight. Tout that. To me, it's more impressive than beating Anabaa's Creation could ever be. She should've lost regardless of talent just from getting into trouble. What's painfully obvious to me is neither one is in a position to win HOY as they stand right now--we gotta see more in the next few months or both connections will remain seated at the Eclipse Awards when they get to that category.