BEYER: Defining Zenyatta's historical role

[Smooth Operator]

If someone would've told me five or ten years ago that someday a 6-year-old mare will be the morning line favorite in the BCC … I would've called them a clueless moron.

This is just sick.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

If someone would've told me five or ten years ago that someday a 6-year-old mare will be the morning line favorite in the BCC … I would've called them a clueless moron.

This is just sick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-A1ps_m7Jk

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-A1ps_m7Jk

the cheers move to tears on nov 6 ?

[10 pnt move up]

Just wow....

Beyer today

Zenyatta now has to prove that she can win at the highest level of the sport.

[Smooth Operator]

Going from synthetic to dirt (see Zardana, et al)

Had perfect prep race after being on shelf for two months

Fresh, fit, and moving from less than ideal distance (8.5f) to ideal distance (10f)

Trained by a guy who owns big score at CD.



You guys do realize that Z could be sitting on a big one here … right?

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

Going from synthetic to dirt (see Zardana, et al)

Had perfect prep race after being on shelf for two months

Fresh, fit, and moving from less than ideal distance (8.5f) to ideal distance (10f)

Trained by a guy who owns big score at CD.



You guys do realize that Z could be sitting on a big one here … right?

Are you trying to convince us or yourself?

[Smooth Operator]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Are you trying to convince us or yourself?

http://derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32714


Post #15

[JerseyJ]

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

Going from synthetic to dirt (see Zardana, et al)

Had perfect prep race after being on shelf for two months

Fresh, fit, and moving from less than ideal distance (8.5f) to ideal distance (10f)

Trained by a guy who owns big score at CD.



You guys do realize that Z could be sitting on a big one here … right?

That "big one" is a career top of a 104 on dirt against a shaky field where the other horse in the race who wasn't much to begin with ran like crap anyway. Gonna take a whole lot better than a 104 to beat Blame, Quality Road, etc.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by JerseyJ

That "big one" is a career top of a 104 on dirt against a shaky field where the other horse in the race who wasn't much to begin with ran like crap anyway. Gonna take a whole lot better than a 104 to beat Blame, Quality Road, etc.

The irony is that Blame and Quality Road are hardly good horses in a historical sense. Neither would currently break into the top 100.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

Going from synthetic to dirt (see Zardana, et al)

Had perfect prep race after being on shelf for two months

Fresh, fit, and moving from less than ideal distance (8.5f) to ideal distance (10f)

Trained by a guy who owns big score at CD.



You guys do realize that Z could be sitting on a big one here … right?

She might have been sitting on a big one all year had they taken the training wheels off.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Just wow....

Beyer today

Zenyatta now has to prove that she can win at the highest level of the sport.

She hasn't exactly been facing the highest level of the sport lately. And this is a watered down version of the highest level.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Smooth Operator

If someone would've told me five or ten years ago that someday a 6-year-old mare will be the morning line favorite in the BCC … I would've called them a clueless moron.

This is just sick.

If someone 5 or 10 years ago told me that people would be rating a mare that is all out to beat creampuffs on a fake dirt track in CA in the same class as Seattle Slew and Citation, I would have held an intervention for them.