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B) What are you basing this on? |
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![]() Are you serious? I'm a big Blame fan, but he would get drowned in most years too. It was a horrendous year for the handicap division.
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![]() Becasue his Beyer Speed Figures aren't that high?
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![]() Probably not. But you said he would "get drowned in most years." You just listed three BCs where he would not have finished 1st. By your logic, only Ghostzapper and Curlin are worthy BCC winners.
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![]() Invasor won in '06.
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![]() Now that she's lost, if the Mosses really were sporting, we'd finally see her run on freaking turf. Anybody think she couldn't have won the F/M turf race on Friday?
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![]() I skipped the two synthetic BCCs because they're completely nonsensical. Forget finishing first. They wouldn't have been better than 4th in '06, might have been a distant third and fourth in '07 and couldn't have finished in the top half of the field in '04. Pleasantly Perfect would've destroyed them too. Maybe they could've competed in '02. How far do you want to go back? They're extremely inferior handicap horses historically. I can't even believe you're arguing this.
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For what it's worth, Blame would probably dominate the HD too next year. |
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![]() If they brought her back next year she would probably still be a very good horse who could rack up some G1 and G2 wins. Of course, the same was true of Rachel Alexandra and she was retired too.
Most owners, including Zenyatta's, are probably too concerned with their horse's legacy to actually risk losing more races. It is really too bad. If they actually did that and tried to win the DWC with her, I'd probably be cheering for her for the first time ever. |
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![]() You know it seems like lately, every year stinks. Whether it's the 3 year old crop, handicap division and so on. What makes you think that there will ever be another (what some percieve as) "STRONG" division/class ever again? Between injuries, less foals every year, early retirements and the so called weakening of the breed this is what we are going to be looking at for a long long time.
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*anything not part of the TC |
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![]() I have a feeling this poorly-worded post is about to get pounced on.
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![]() Yeah, the HOYs the last three years didn't go near the TC. And yesterday's 3-4-5 finishers were in the barn in May and June too.
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![]() Oh come on. The run-up to the TC and the TC itself ruins horses. You know it. God knows how many horses like Blame and Zenyatta we have been deprived of becasue they were rushed to get graded earning for the Derby and were never the same. What's the winning percentage of Derby winners in their post-Derby races? It's gotta be lower than low.
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i would love to see them bring her back if they'd actually challenge her. same old same old would be a disgrace, and more annoying then enthralling.
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What other horse in the last 20 years has drawn the crowds that she does in non-classic or BC events? The longer she runs, the better it could be for racing. |
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and smarty jones drew more fans to oaklawn to watch him run the belmont on tv than has showed at zenyattas races this year.
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