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Old 03-17-2010, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gales0678
matt it has nothing to do with winning or losing the prep

if zenyatta did not train from early sept to late jan , then started breezing in late jan ,then had the hard race last sat to point for a race in april (the AB)and RA say won a bc race and didn't miss a beat since oct do you really believe that moss/sheriffs would really want to take her on ...... think about it hard and long , remember these are animals , these are not machines , if you have never been on the backside with these animals i know it's hard to imagine becuase when we watch them race they look like machines with a key and gas pedal attached to them , it's not that simple
When you said reverse the roles, I thought you were specifically talking about the preps.
I do agree with you as far as the conditioning goes and have stated that I personally think that Rachaels camp would have scratched out of the AB even if she dug in and held on to win on Saturday.
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