Zenyatta Has Earned Horse of the Year

[Antitrust32]

your best post ever!

and I agree, its the equine equivalent of the Pro Bowl.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I was being facetious.

I thought you might have been, but a "suck up" effort seems to have a million different meanings, so I wasn't sure.

I thought I was sharper than that, but I guess I need emoticons to help me discern the tone of certain posts.

[gaut10]

i think its great people are so passionate for either, but really, people take it too far. if zenyatta wins it, the racing "purists" feel is disrespectful to the game....if blame prevails, then the writers are disrespecting her accomplishments. HOY 2010 will not be the downfall of the game that has been around since the 1600's.

that's just my opinion. all i know is that real supporters stick around no matter what. i have just as much fun at evangeline downs as i did at the bc (albeit, the class of horses was much diff)

hopefully, derbytrail.com will be able to move on from this topic pretty soon!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by sammy

everyone cares, as long as you don't vote for zenyatta you're Ok around here.

if you support her you will suffer the customary beat down and be notified how stupid you really are.

We didn't make you stupid

you showed up that way

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

your best post ever!

and I agree, its the equine equivalent of the Pro Bowl.

I think post 1 in this thread is my best post ever.

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...c+handicappers

I also think Serling not being #1 is the reasson why I was snubbed in the Breeders Cup Live Chat, and the reasson Im ignored on DT. He holds a grudge.

[VOL JACK]

no, I am busy trying to pick winners.

[gaut10]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I dont care who gets it. If I had a vote, I would vote Zenyatta, but I would not argue Blame getting it.
Im more concerned with who wins the Remsen and Cigar Mile next weekend.
I would rather follow how the 2yr olds run at the Big A and Churchill the next couple weeks.
I dont really care about HOY, how does everyone else feel?

Amen!

Who was NFL MVP last year? better yet, who cares!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I think post 1 in this thread is my best post ever.

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...c+handicappers

I also think Serling not being #1 is the reasson why I was snubbed in the Breeders Cup Live Chat, and the reasson Im ignored on DT. He holds a grudge.

Poor andy. First he is called an idiot on the air and then he is ranked low on the RHT1985 public handicapper rankings

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by gaut10

Amen!

Who was NFL MVP last year? better yet, who cares!

Manning of course.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by sammy

i'm rubber you're glue.....blah,blah,blah.

You post as though you sniff glue

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I thought you might have been, but a "suck up" effort seems to have a million different meanings, so I wasn't sure.

I thought I was sharper than that, but I guess I need emoticons to help me discern the tone of certain posts.

lol.

yeah. perhaps you do.

you were not who i was referring to though when I said that.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by sammy

everyone cares, as long as you don't vote for zenyatta you're Ok around here.

if you support her you will suffer the customary beat down and be notified how stupid you really are.

We are just performing a public service.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I think post 1 in this thread is my best post ever.

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...c+handicappers

I also think Serling not being #1 is the reasson why I was snubbed in the Breeders Cup Live Chat, and the reasson Im ignored on DT. He holds a grudge.

You listed 2.5 jews and 2.5 italians in your top 5.

Is that really likely?

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

It's easy to dismiss Southern Image because of his frailty, but when that horse was good, he was pretty good. No shame in finishing second to him.

Where else was she going to finish? That field behind her was abysmal.

He was a decent horse on his days but really...

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Where is the big difference? If we are going to discuss a neblous topic like "good for racing" and tv ratings are used as evidence then why can't the opposing point of view use the same evidence?

shouldnt you compare bc classics to bc classics and triple crowns to triple crowns?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

shouldnt you compare bc classics to bc classics and triple crowns to triple crowns?

If a horse is being touted as getting racing more positive exposure than any horse in recent memory, why shouldnt you compare ratings? Of course the Derby will have higher ratings but isnt that a valid argument? If one horse is watched by 50 million people and another is watched by 3 million, which provided more exposure? It isnt to compare ratings as much as it is to show the folly of saying that she provided more exposure for racing than any number of recent TC contenders when clearly far more people watched the TC races.

[King Glorious]

I think we really need to wait until the end of the year and see how much money "Secretariat" makes at the box office. He might mean more to racing than Zenyatta this year and he should probably be HOY 2010.

[herkhorse]

I think she has earned it, just on the "Mt. Splashmore" factor of her fans if nothing else.

[Princess Doreen]

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http://www.turfwriters.org/about/member_roster.cfm

[The Bid]

The classic handle was up 50pct. What do u attribute the handle increase to cannon