Most Absurd Things Said by 'Respected' Journalists About Zenyatta

[Linny]

Originally Posted by Theatrical

Theatrical is a she, not a he. HOY doesn't mean jack **** to me. That's for idiots like you and others to decide.

Give me Zenyatta's victory in the Distaff, her victory in last year's BCC and her near miss this year. You tell me what other mare delivered performances of this magnitude three years straight.

There is no HOY that will EVER come close to equalling those performances If she wins HOY this year, I would be ecstatic, but if she doesn't, I will always know she would have kicked Rachel Alexandra's ass into the next dimension. LOL

Do you mean no mare has ever delivered performance like running Rinterval into the ground, or catching a lead swapping Switch in the shadow of the wire? Or do you mean no HOY who has done so? Uh, within a few years of one another I saw HOY's like Forego, Affirmed and Spectacular Bid hold amazing form over 3 (or more) years. Seattle Slew's career must have slipped your mind as well. More recently Skip Away and Cigar were not just average horses either.
For mares, how about Bayakoa. In 1989 she won the Santa Margarita, the Apple Blossom, the Hawthorne, the Milady and the Vanity by July 15th. She bombed at Del Mar before taking the Ruffian Spinster and Distaff (from the fallen Go For Wand.) I daresay that Colonial Waters, Goodbye Halo, Open Mind and Gorgeous were better than anything Z faced this year excepting St. Trinians and the BCC.

The worst thing that happened to Z was her win streak. once it reached a certain point, she was handled with an eye to making her unbeaten rather than proven. Her to races in the BCC prove that she should have been running in races like the Hollywood Gold Cup, the Big Cap, or travelling to the Personal Ensign or maybe trying grass.
Between the two, I would alway rank Goldikova over Zenyatta. Why? Because while she lost a few races, she always raced at the highest levels. She proved herself time and time again in high quality company.