Rachel Alexandra a go for La Troienne

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

especially after what happened with Curlin the year before. What happened with Curlin was that he was over the top and not the same horse, synthetic or dirt. Again, you're deflecting instead of explaining why the immortal Z continues to run against allowance horses in her playpen nine times out of ten. When are the Hall of fame inductions for those Rachel has beaten?


Because, as your fellow Zentologist points out, dirt horses have a tougher time transferring their form to synthetic than vice versa. It's not understandable that Jackson didn't want to have an ultimate showdown between the two on a surface that Zenyatta was far more likely to excel on?

Didn't Rachel win nicely on poly?