Rachel Alexandra a go for La Troienne

[Merlinsky]

This has crossed over from being maddening to hilarious. I swear I got a good laugh out of the last couple pages. Just a few things that occurred to me:

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

True. I simply can't recall too many years like the one Rachel had and careers like Zenyatta's. As far as Zenyatta is concerned, I've never called a horse beaten more times than I've called her out and been wrong every time.
Same thing in Rachel's Woodward. She had every right to lose that race.

Exactly. The great ones find a way to get it done. Both of them have.

Originally Posted by CSC

Why is it that the Zenyatta fans hold their composure alot better than the Rachel fans do? By the way do you think Munnings is only a half length the better than Summer Bird is as a horse at 1 1/8th?

A lot of Rachel fans are also Zenyatta fans (and vice versa), so unless I need to ask everybody why they're hitting themselves, maybe drop the generalizations that there are two groups with Rachel fans on the attack. I object to diminishing either horse. I don't enjoy seeing Z staying in CA so much, but that's mainly because I'm jealous of folks out there. There's fun to be had against males in CA so I'm frustrated they don't at least take more risks out there, but I see how the streak's a big deal too. I don't blame them, I just don't like it.

Originally Posted by CSC

Really, is this an attack on my character? Disingenuous? I stand by everything I write. Maybe it's nonsense to those who cannot stand that it may be possibly the truth, for that I cannot help.

When you stand by everything you write, does it look like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTMzYITmc8 Nah, I kid, I wanted to find that Jello commercial because that's what I thought of, but this will do. Standing by something doesn't make it right, it means you're determined, which proves absolutely nothing. I respect that that's your opinion. I just think you're wrong in your assessment of Rachel, and not just slightly but in a big way. It's sad to me that you don't get to see what some of us see because you're really missing out. As amazing as Zenyatta is, she's not the only one sitting on a thrown, wearing a crown.