Jay Hovdey rains on the Rapid Redux win parade

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Peter Berry

Hovdey is a brilliant writer. Have you considered he may have deliberately misidentified the track in order to make a broader point?

You're a good guy if you honestly believe this and give him the benefit of the doubt.

I don't think I've ever agreed with cmorioles about anything but he's right... this is an embarrassment.

I don't believe for a second this was intentional...

[OldDog]

"...the sound of fans and media bending over backwards in an attempt to place the 20-race win streak of Rapid Redux into sensible context."

Really? I have no trouble putting it into context, sensible, reasonable or otherwise. But, I'm not "media."

[blackthroatedwind]

You do realize he's just afraid somehow this cheapens Zenyatta?

As if she doesn't have the edge over any horse in history at choosing the path of least resistance.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You do realize he's just afraid somehow this cheapens Zenyatta?

As if she doesn't have the edge over any horse in history at choosing the path of least resistance.

Note that he didn't choose Zenyatta virtues to extoll against the accomplishments of RR.
Would not have had nearly the same effect as Citation.