Horse of the Year

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

If Zenyatta comes to the Beldame Jess nor Rachel will disappoint. He needs the purse money to help pay the 7 not 8mil he bought her for!

There is a better shot of Rampillion winning the Arc than Zenyatta leaving CA.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

There is a better shot of Rampillion winning the Arc than Zenyatta leaving CA.

If you keep dissing "the pill" you will have to deal with DTTide.

If Moss wants HOY he has to get thru Rachel in the Beldame and Sea the Stars potentially in the Classic.. If Zenyatta beats those two horse she will be the greatest mare ever. He desires her shot she hasn't lost yet.

Seriously what is the friggin Goodwood mean after Rachel's performance today?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

If you keep dissing "the pill" you will have to deal with DTTide.

If Moss wants HOY he has to get thru Rachel in the Beldame and Sea the Stars potentially in the Classic.. If Zenyatta beats those two horse she will be the greatest mare ever. He desires her shot she hasn't lost yet.

Seriously what is the friggin Goodwood mean after Rachel's performance today?

Why does anybody think that she had a shot at horse of the year after her last race and the fact that they refuse to think out of the box in any manner at all? It is hard to fathom any horse running now ever being the greatest anything ever. Maybe she can be the greatest synthetic filly ever? She should at least be running against the plug older horses out there if they want to be considered.

[freddymo]

If Rachel didn't win the Haskell and Woodward she had a shot if they won the Classic and was undefeated. Who cares about HOY anyway. Sherriffs needs to test the mare not for the public but for the connections. Why this guy is babying a 1300 pound 5 year old mare is beyond me. It's a tremendous disservice to the Moss's they deserve better and so does the mare.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by freddymo

If Rachel didn't win the Haskell and Woodward she had a shot if they won the Classic and was undefeated. Who cares about HOY anyway. Sherriffs needs to test the mare not for the public but for the connections. Why this guy is babying a 1300 pound 5 year old mare is beyond me. It's a tremendous disservice to the Moss's they deserve better and so does the mare.

I almost wish Z'd lost the last race by a little bit, and while that sounds blasphemous I'll tell you why, it's because it would get them out of their undefeated protective bubble. I think they're more about trying to do preservation than anything right now, not that it's not understandable. Are we certain she's going in the BC Classic or is everyone just assuming? I mean it's what I would do, but obviously I don't own a glorious mare like that. It's easy to tell someone else what to do with their horse.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I almost wish Z'd lost the last race by a little bit, and while that sounds blasphemous I'll tell you why, it's because it would get them out of their undefeated protective bubble. I think they're more about trying to do preservation than anything right now, not that it's not understandable. Are we certain she's going in the BC Classic or is everyone just assuming? I mean it's what I would do, but obviously I don't own a glorious mare like that. It's easy to tell someone else what to do with their horse.

The mere suggestion that she needs to expand her horizons id hardly earth shattering..

[tector]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I almost wish Z'd lost the last race by a little bit, and while that sounds blasphemous I'll tell you why, it's because it would get them out of their undefeated protective bubble. I think they're more about trying to do that than anything right now, not that it's not understandable. Are we certain she's going in the BC Classic or is everyone just assuming? I mean it's what I would do, but obviously I don't own a glorious mare like that. It's easy to tell someone else what to do with their horse.

I have no problem with the way they have handled their mare--provided the most they aspire to is the Older F&M championship. But if anybody opens their yap about HOY, they are "crazy" (if I may quote Andy Serling's post-race characterization today of anybody suggesting HOY candidates other than RA).

They have aimed low and they will likely succeed in hitting that target.