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Old 07-25-2010, 10:32 AM
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She could have pulled a zenyatta and barely beat the tin cans.

I'm just glad to see the Rachel roadshow continue. She has now raced in more states this year than zenyatta has raced in her entire career. Shipping all the way to Kentucky, only to scratch on the day that Rachel is crowned the queen with a romp in the Oaks, doesn't count. zenyatta's connections weren't scared of the rainy conditions that day - they were scared of being outshined by Rachel Alexandra.
She missed a state earlier this year if you want to be be anal about it, let's not be too selective here, quite challenging racing state to state, especially if one travels from N.Y to N.J or Louisiana to Louisville.
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Old 07-25-2010, 10:42 AM
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She missed a state earlier this year if you want to be be anal about it, let's not be too selective here, quite challenging racing state to state, especially if one travels from N.Y to N.J or Louisiana to Louisville.
and yes, it can be. a variety of surfaces is definitely more of a challenge than racing over one or two. but you know that.
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Old 07-25-2010, 10:59 AM
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and yes, it can be. a variety of surfaces is definitely more of a challenge than racing over one or two. but you know that.
By this logic, I commend the connections of Quality Road and Summer Bird for attempting to try pro-ride last year, and for the one that didn't. I'll leave that up to whomever wants to view reality through rose colored glasses.
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:14 AM
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By this logic, I commend the connections of Quality Road and Summer Bird for attempting to try pro-ride last year, and for the one that didn't. I'll leave that up to whomever wants to view reality through rose colored glasses.
i commend them as well. they definitely could have used another good race on their resume, it's a shame it didn't work out for them. and looking thru rose colored glasses is similar imo to those who look purely thru biased ones, who won't give some their due because they're afraid it will detract from others.
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:18 AM
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By this logic, I commend the connections of Quality Road and Summer Bird for attempting to try pro-ride last year, and for the one that didn't. I'll leave that up to whomever wants to view reality through rose colored glasses.
So what are you looking through with Zenyatta? Did someone take a giant rose colored vase and just plant it over your head? Probably restricts the oxygen. We should call somebody for you. (I kid. Sort of. Ish.)
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:31 AM
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So what are you looking through with Zenyatta? Did someone take a giant rose colored vase and just plant it over your head? Probably restricts the oxygen. We should call somebody for you. (I kid. Sort of. Ish.)
Sorry, I really am because it's really painful to be still talking about this; however the only time I bring it up, present tense is when someone uses some contradictory argument. As for them meeting in the future, not unless Jess enters her in the Classic and observing the way they have mapped out her campaign this year, it doesn't look likely it will ever happen. But who knows Jess is especially kooky this year, and his Schizophrenia may kick in at any time.
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:36 AM
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i doubt they ever meet. altho the fans may want it, it seems the owners don't.
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:45 AM
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i doubt they ever meet. altho the fans may want it, it seems the owners don't.
Correction, one owner didn't, that we do know.
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:37 AM
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It's heartwarming how the RA fans rally round their Horse of the Year after yet another meaningless win. It's almost as if each of these wins somehow erases the fact that she was a NO SHOW when it counted. Didn't make the trip. Too busy licking her wounds after LITTLE Z jacked her up in LA. Then again, not showing up is why she's still around today. I mean :

"We're not going to run," Mitchell said. "I blew her out at Hollywood Park and I brought her down here and she's body sore and stiff. If I were to blame it on anything, I'd blame it on taking on Zenyatta."

It was precisely fear of the above that caused ASSMan and Jackson to soil their pants at the thought of honoring their commitment and showing up at OP.

ha ha ha

She did, however, get a 110; or 105; or 102; or whatever the **** ---- she's STILL FASTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
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Old 07-25-2010, 11:42 AM
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It's heartwarming how the RA fans rally round their Horse of the Year after yet another meaningless win. It's almost as if each of these wins somehow erases the fact that she was a NO SHOW when it counted. Didn't make the trip. Too busy licking her wounds after LITTLE Z jacked her up in LA. Then again, not showing up is why she's still around today. I mean :

"We're not going to run," Mitchell said. "I blew her out at Hollywood Park and I brought her down here and she's body sore and stiff. If I were to blame it on anything, I'd blame it on taking on Zenyatta."

It was precisely fear of the above that caused ASSMan and Jackson to soil their pants at the thought of honoring their commitment and showing up at OP.

ha ha ha

She did, however, get a 110; or 105; or 102; or whatever the **** ---- she's STILL FASTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
altho some may have enjoyed it, i doubt most horse fans did. it was a meaningless, prove nothing win. but rehashing last year and continuing ad nauseaum about oaklawn does nothing to show you're an unbiased critic of what is actually occurring. your same song, 17th verse is no more helpful than reading the few who acutally thought yesterdays race was a good showing, or an effort by the 'real' rachel. you're a real laugh riot of the paddock.
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