"Secretariat" on Late Late Show...sort of ;)

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by westcoastinvader

Has anyone really referred to her steps as "goose steps?"

That's a serious question. I haven't heard that in the coverage I've caught. And I live in California, and am an unabashed admirer of Zenyatta as a race horse for history.

I certainly know and accept the negative associated with "goose steps."

But for anyone born after....let's say...when reruns of Hogan's Heroes ceased being widely played.....I think the phrase "goose steps" would be meaningless in significance.

Even with all the tax dollars we have given to education.

I heard it, and if I had to guess I'd say it was during the Bourbon/Spinster coverage Sunday--the reference to Randy Moss makes me think that's correct. I know it was recent, and I know I did think it an odd choice of words. (Everyone of any real level of education associates goose steps with Nazis, it's just how it is, and it doesn't matter if they're 25 or 85. I'm sure some don't, but then again they'd probably tell you the Civil War took place in 1930 like they tell Jay Leno on those street interviews.).

What goose steps and Zenyatta have to do with Secretariat, I've no idea. I think Indian Charlie got into the sherry or something. By all means, IC, insult the intelligence of a group of people who found something funny when they've done absolutely nothing to you, then turn the thread into something about Zenyatta. If it makes you feel any better, not only do they not think her dancing is heaven sent, they probably have no idea who she is. Here's a newsflash for you, you're in the horse racing "audience." As you find audiences idiotic, you might want to see a therapist about that self-loathing.