BEYER: Defining Zenyatta's historical role

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Here are some amusing quotes from the wonderful world of facebook about this column ...

NY Times Molly Jo Rosen:

I'm wary to share this on my wall because I really disagree with what Andy writes. With all the respect I have for him diminishing the more I think about it, let me say this:

You don't assassinate the character of an elite athlete, let alone the best PR machine this sport's had since the 1970's. Will Zenyatta go down in... history as the best racehorse of all time? Who knows. But she's the best in the game right now and she and her connections deserve better than some cheap excuse to bemoan a bad surface.

I will simply say that as a member of the media, an owner, and a lifelong racing fan: while an interesting read, this was a low blow to racing. Period.

Bruno De Julio:

I am sitting here clocking at Churchill and reading all the rhetoric being written on Zenyatta - I know what I see - I have clocked and watched the best - she is, hands down the best athlete I have ever seen, and for All the right reasons ...- I am sooooooo sick and tired to hear these blowhards continue to knock her - i am going to stop defending her she is a big girl and can handle herself