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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I agree.
The connections of PE picked a 3 horse field with Gulch being the major competitor (not the best horse in the country) to take their single shot against boys. I don't criticize it because that's the way it has typically been done in the US when mares face older Grade 1 colts. They look for an easy spot here or there or don't do it at all.
Rachel took on the best 3YOs, but when it came time to take on older males she took on Bullsbay and Macho Again (the 4th string). Again, nothing to criticize.
Zenyatta is the only one that is held to the standard of having to run against the best males a lot of the time or get trashed. It's a double standard.
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Zenyatta has run against "the best" males less than 5% of her career despite there being virtually no good males to speak of.
Hell Zenyatta has only run against the best filles a handful of times.
10-19-2010, 07:55 PM
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