Blame = Hoy!!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Honu

Uhm I have seen horses win the Classic beating horses that have been the best all year and they still didnt get HOY. It is totally an East Coast bias from the press always have and always will be. RA didnt win the Classic last year and she got horse of the year and was life or death to even compete on a grade1 level this year
Blame will get it and I love Claiborne Farms as they have been a staple in the industry for 100 years. That said, I still think it sucks azz that Z will be denied the award again.

darn those pesky eclipse voters for not being prescient about the year following the season the award was being given. the nerve of them!

[slotdirt]

Well, we already know how dummies like Joe Drape and Jay Hovdey are voting, so I'd say Zenyatta is still going to get HOTY for beating Switch and Rinterval a few times. Whether she deserves it for her 2010 campaign or not is an entirely different conversation.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Well, we already know how dummies like Joe Drape and Jay Hovdey are voting, so I'd say Zenyatta is still going to get HOTY for beating Switch and Rinterval a few times. Whether she deserves it for her 2010 campaign or not is an entirely different conversation.

There really is no conversation. It's a travesty if she wins it.

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Well, we already know how dummies like Joe Drape and Jay Hovdey are voting, so I'd say Zenyatta is still going to get HOTY for beating Switch and Rinterval a few times. Whether she deserves it for her 2010 campaign or not is an entirely different conversation.

I doubt that Drape and Hovdey voted for RA last year.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

I doubt that Drape and Hovdey voted for RA last year.

Does Drape have time to vote, what with his detective work on the drugs and awfulness that become super important before all the major racing events?