A Sad Day For Racing

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by Handicappy

Excellent balanced view. I hope that those that discredit Zenyatta have the opportunity to discuss their views with the Allan Jerkins', Bafferts etc. So many of the horseman who train and work with these athletes have been very open with their opinion on Zenyatta's greatness. We all have our opinions but ask those that are far more credible than most of the posters here. Some of the best minds in the sport are in the camp that she was deserving and was the best horse running last year.

Just because they're the best minds in the sport doesn't mean they are immune to mistakes.

Anyways, what is Baffert going to say? He probably walks by Shirreffs on a daily basis, he's not going to say anything that would make working around him uncomfortable. You wouldn't go into an office and start criticizing all your co workers.

[Princess Doreen]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

Just because they're the best minds in the sport doesn't mean they are immune to mistakes.

Anyways, what is Baffert going to say? He probably walks by Shirreffs on a daily basis, he's not going to say anything that would make working around him uncomfortable. You wouldn't go into an office and start criticizing all your co workers.

Really?!~

[King Glorious]

I'm not even sure that if anyone were to look at the pp's of the candidates, without having her name attatched to them, Zenyatta would have even been named champion older mare in 2010. Her "campaign" was that weak. Of course, you can't blame her for her competition when she runs in the races that are supposed to be the best ones but you can blame her connections for not even trying the toughest races available to them. Shirreffs himself said that he never really considered running her against the males this year in races in California because those races are tough. He seriously said that. Yet, his horse gets rewarded as HOY because he avoided tough races? We've previously had Cigar, Skip Away, and Curlin be named HOY after losing the Classic so this is not the first time. But in each of those cases, they had built up enough "credits" to get a pass for losing. Zenyatta didn't. They made a calculated decision to put all of their eggs in one basket for the title and they lost.

Seabiscuit should have been HOY because he brought millions in at the box office. On track results don't seem to matter anymore.