Rachel Alexandra a go for La Troienne

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Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Lost in all of this, and this is KEY, is that Zenyatta showed up for the AB and RA didn't. She also showed up for the BC and RA didn't. How much more simple can it get than that? How long will the silliness continue from the ONLINE RA camp?

So, Z is supposed to go out of her way to meet a horse that didn't show up when she had the chance, TWICE? Anybody with a brain buy into this?

When one's system fails, the result is MUCHO gibberish.

Read below about the BC. Your own logic about dirt and synthetic horses should tell you why they didn't want to run her in the BC, especially after what happened with Curlin the year before. As for the Apple Blossom, I'm disappointed that they didn't run her, but if the horse isn't fit, the horse isn't fit. Unlike the Mosses, Jackson doesn't have a history of treating his supposed superhorse with kid gloves, so he gets the benefit of the doubt. 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.

Originally Posted by CSC

If Zenyatta stays in California the rest of the year I will be the 1st to criticize her, however she did ship to the Apple Blossom to face Rach, on dirt. So you know what you said is not completely true, we will see a different campaign this year due to them pointing for the BC; however it is also fair to point out Rachel never shipped out west either, nor is she planning to, so I don't understand why she gets a free pass when the other doesn't.

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?