A Sad Day For Racing

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

If this was typed with a straight face, you're the dumbest person in the history of human life.

Everyone, if you want to celebrate Zenyatta's award, by all means, go ahead. But please do me one favor: Cut the bullshit that this was ever a fair fight and that, maybe if Blame had won the JCGC or won one or two more Grade I's, he'd have gotten HOY hands down. Blame was never going to win that award in a million years.

There is no way in hell that this should have even been debatable, and yet, there was a debate. The production of the two horses in 2010 were on different planets. Zenyatta won, not partly, solely because a bunch of easily manipulated douchebags bought into the ridiculous notion that her lame ass streak of beating tomato cans (and the fact that she's a girl) somehow improved and elevated the sport in the public consciousness in any meaningful way.

It's a giant lie, one that was gleefully perpetuated by the Mosses, John Shirreffs and Hollywood Park, among others. Just because a contingent of mouthbreathers and paste-eaters who seemingly get paid to find absolutely zero ways to improve the sport bought that bullshit, that doesn't mean the rest of us are supposed to believe her accomplishments were in the same ballpark as Blame's and that Blame was just an inch or two from winning the award.

You should break into the business if your opinions are so much better, why limit your talents to a message board.