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11-09-2010, 08:10 PM
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To me the only serious alternative to Blame should be Blind Luck. I realize she has zero chance to actually win, but if a person wanted to lodge a "protest vote" against the campaigns of Blame and Zenyatta, I think she would make the most sense.
On the board in 8 G1 or G2s. In the exacta in 7 of those. Won 5 of those races including two "big ones" in the Kentucky Oaks and the Alabama. She had a campaign that we want all good horses to have, and she performed extremely well. Voting for her would make sense if a person wants to send a message that HOY (and racing more generally) isn't all about one day/race or about nursing along a perfect record running against mules. The other question about voting for her concerns the La Brea Stakes. If she runs there and wins in December, adding another G1 to her already stellar season, I think a case could be made that she is worthy of a 1st place vote. 
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11-09-2010, 08:15 PM
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11-09-2010, 08:20 PM
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Anyone saying HOY for her, is out of there mind. She deserves HOY a lot less then Zenyatta and about as much as Quality Road does. Whats her excuse for not winning the biggest race of the year for her? Why never elders till then? Why not face males? UB was a horse for course, but Blind Lucks biggest win came over Churchill...Come on man, with Blind Luck being anything more then a cool horse, and 3yr old filly champ. One last thing... Since Zenyatta was such a fraud beating TOMATOE CANS ALL YEAR, Why did Blind Luck not step up in any of those Grade 1's and defeat her elders? According to most people, Zenyatta beat nothing. Blind Luck could have stayed in her own backyard, faced elders in Grade 1 company and took down the Big Momma.
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11-09-2010, 08:32 PM
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Sure she didn't win the Distaff, but for me it isn't ALL about the BC. Her body of work over the course of the year completely dwarfs the pathetic campaigns of QR and Zenyatta. If I had a vote, I'd probably vote for Blame even though I really don't like the overemphasis on the Breeders' Cup. But Blind Luck would be my second choice, and if she wins another G1 this year, it would be a little more difficult for me to choose between the two.
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11-09-2010, 08:38 PM
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11-09-2010, 08:45 PM
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Please no one quote the above poster... Its my first ever offical use of the ignore button. By Official I mean, for more then 30 seconds...
Thanks, Joey S.
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11-09-2010, 08:47 PM
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You are ignoring Miraja2?
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11-09-2010, 09:38 PM
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The Clement Hirsch and the Lady's Secret are both for three and up . Hollendorfer opted to ship her to the Cotillion and pick up weight to avoid taking on Zenyatta and said so.
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11-09-2010, 09:40 PM
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11-09-2010, 08:44 PM
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Like I said, if I had a vote I'd vote for Blame. My point was simply that IF someone was looking for an alternative to Blame, I think it should be Blind Luck. Zenyatta CLEARLY deserves the award even less than she did last year.....when she also clearly didn't deserve it.
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11-09-2010, 08:46 PM
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I guess the only thing we dont agree on is Z and Blind Luck. I would never ever give it to Blind Luck over Z off of this years campaigns. Its like people hold it against Z that Rachel did not make Oaklawn.
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