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Originally Posted by miraja2
The thing that I don't understand about this is....what is the counter-argument to this? Somehow the debate seems to keep going (and Zenyatta keeps getting over 45% of the vote on the DT poll) but there is really no argument to make for her side.
You read something like this, and it makes perfectly clear what every reasonable person already knew....Rachel Alexandra had the best campaign of any horse this year....by far.
The Zenyatta supporters don't have a leg to stand on.
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While there are doubtlessly sincere supporters for Zenyatta who believe she has been under-appreciated all along, I believe a certain and large percentage derives simply from anti-Asmussen/Jackson sentiment.
Now in that arena, personally, I am completely in the Moss-Shirreffs-Ingordo camp and am well known as a critic of the other side. But this 'debate' is so completely tilted in the Rachel Alexandra direction as to be a walkover.
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11-15-2009, 08:41 AM
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