BEYER: Defining Zenyatta's historical role

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Your "likable connections" comment seemed to be a veiled shot at Big Brown's connections.

If you ask me - a slippery wop owner, a cheating trainer, and a drunk cajun jockey with a hot old lady are connections I can dig.

This doesn't come as a surprise considering you romantically write about raping and pillaging people.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

This doesn't come as a surprise considering you romantically write about raping and pillaging people.

I'm wary to share this in my post because I really disagree with what Sightseek writes. With all the respect I have for her diminishing the more I think about it, let me say this:

You don't assassinate the character of an elite poster, let alone the best PR machine this board had since Arl Jim. Will DrugS go down in... history as the best poster of all time? Who knows. But he's the best in the game right now and his connections deserves 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 DrugS. Period.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I'm wary to share this in my post because I really disagree with what Sightseek writes. With all the respect I have for her diminishing the more I think about it, let me say this:

You don't assassinate the character of an elite poster, let alone the best PR machine this board had since Arl Jim. Will DrugS go down in... history as the best poster of all time? Who knows. But he's the best in the game right now and his connections deserves 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 DrugS. Period.

Oh gee, this is possibly the worst news I have ever heard.

[Antitrust32]

Big Z could have possibly generated some PR outside of those crazy Californians if she had connections that were willing to race her outside of CALIFORNIA for cripes sake.

She's a supersized version of Lava Man.. the rest of the country doesnt know, hasnt seen, doesnt care.

[slotdirt]

Let's see, some 25k more people watched Smarty Jones try to win the Belmont than did Big Brown. State troopers gave Smarty Jones an escort up the NJ Turnpike to get to Belmont in June 2004. Hell, like 10k showed up to watch him wander down Philly Park post-retirement. Meanwhile, the only retirement ceremony Big Brown got was to show his giant weiner to Scavs.

Yes, I can see how someone would come to the conclusion that Big Brown did more for racing's popularity than Smarty Jones.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Let's see, some 25k more people watched Smarty Jones try to win the Belmont than did Big Brown. State troopers gave Smarty Jones an escort up the NJ Turnpike to get to Belmont in June 2004. Hell, like 10k showed up to watch him wander down Philly Park post-retirement. Meanwhile, the only retirement ceremony Big Brown got was to show his giant weiner to Scavs.

Yes, I can see how someone would come to the conclusion that Big Brown did more for racing's popularity than Smarty Jones.

[Thunder Gulch]

I just hope she shows up at Churchill. It won't settle everything, but win or lose, the losing side of the argument will have a lot less to defend their position with.