Who wins Horse of the Year?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why is it a joke? Did you hit your head and forget racing prior to 2000? Drossel-slob who had accomplished so much he was being retired to stud after this year in NY just won the Classic in a scintillating 204 and change. He should be a top sire of future BC marathon horses for years to come.

Who is the HoY? A filly that just failed to hit the board in the worst Classic ever? A grade 3 horse like Game on Dude who was 10-1 ML in the Classic and lost? Tizway? These arent good horses. Sure they all won some grade 1's but someone has to win them.

Who is champion turf horse? Who is Champion turf filly? Our champion 2 yo is going to be a horse whose credentials are a win in a stake at Turfway over zero's and a win in a race where he was clearly 2nd best. At least the Sprinter is going to a horse that actually won more than 2 or 3 races. Yeah the 3 yo filly division was solid but what about the 3 yo colts?

Close races between weak horses doesnt mean that they arent weak horses. Just evenly matched.

The best horse in his division was Union Rags, he raced huge. I know he has had 6000 foals but Kitten's Joy really has become a nice producer.

[horseofcourse]

Well the BC Classic winner has not been good enough to win it the last two years, so I'll toss Drosselmeyer based on that!!

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

The best horse in his division was Union Rags, he raced huge. I know he has had 6000 foals but Kitten's Joy really has become a nice producer.

KJ is a very good turf sire. I will say this for Ramsey he isnt afraid to back his opinions with money (breeding 100 of his own mares a year to KJ before anyone knew if he would be a good sire) unlike the hedge queens that dominate most of Lexington.