Why retire her?

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

You are showing some semblence of sanity here dala which you often do (despite your abuse of me in other locales!!).

I posted this earlier and got no replies which is not surprising. If you knew nothing of the dancing that the horse did and just said 10 years ago knowing nothing of synthetics, here you will have a horse who will win her first 19 races. She will be the first mare to run in 2 BC Classics. She will be the only mare to win a BC Classic, she will be the only mare to finish 2nd in a BC Classic and the only loss of her career would be a very close photo loss as a 6 yr old mare in her last race of her career in her 2nd consecutive Bc Classic. What would we think of that horse??

Yeah, we all wanted more from her schedule, but really what would we think if someone gave us this scenario 10 years ago??

Well hopefully we would take the blinkers off and realize things aren't necessarily that simple. It's the same kind of thinking that would make Kobe Bryant a better basketball player if he wins two more championships.

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Well hopefully we would take the blinkers off and realize things aren't necessarily that simple. It's the same kind of thinking that would make Kobe Bryant a better basketball player if he wins two more championships.

It wasn't done to our liking, but no matter how much me or anyone else complain and moan about what races she ran in her career, Shirreffs did have her primed and ready to go in three straight BC events with two wins and a photo loss. I will begrudgingly give him credit for that. To get there he played it soft and cost her HOY this year and he needs to accept that. I find it irritating that attitude, but he knew his horse better than me and had her ready but just not quite as ready as Blame, and I hope he is punished that he played the all eggs card then cries to overturn it. And I guess that is why people are upset at this Zenyatta stuff....but it's mainly the horse I try to look at.

I do love the talent of his horse. she's really good. She's just good.

Originally Posted by horseofcourse

It wasn't done to our liking, but no matter how much me or anyone else complain and moan about what races she ran in her career, Shirreffs did have her primed and ready to go in three straight BC events with two wins and a photo loss. I will begrudgingly give him credit for that. To get there he played it soft and cost her HOY this year and he needs to accept that. I find it irritating that attitude, but he knew his horse better than me and had her ready but just not quite as ready as Blame, and I hope he is punished that he played the all eggs card then cries to overturn it. And I guess that is why people are upset at this Zenyatta stuff....but it's mainly the horse I try to look at.

I do love the talent of his horse. she's really good. She's just good.

I can't knock the horse. I even liked the dancing. I'll give her this...regardless of the weak fields she's faced, she's no punk b.itch.