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Old 06-30-2010, 11:58 PM
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Blame is the most overrated.
He's logical ... but have you actually heard what people have been saying about Zenyatta?
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Old 07-01-2010, 12:13 AM
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By the way ... of all the things posters and those in the press are notorious for sucking at the most ... it is how they go about forming their idiotic judgements on who they say is overrated and who they say is underrated.

There's a very simple method for doing this the correct way.

You look at each division as its own entity ... you isolate the divisions who are both strongest and weakest in terms of depth and quality in relation to years and years past within that same division.

To find the most overrated horse ... you're simply looking for the horse with the most impressive set of credentials earned without showing the expected quality of performance befitting of a horse with those credential and earned without facing the expected quality of opponet befitting a horse of its repute and credentials.

To the find the most underrated horse ... you're simply looking for an impressive horse without impressive credentials because they've faced historically strong divisional competition which has alllowed them to become overshaddowed.
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Old 07-01-2010, 12:21 AM
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Zenyatta is a clear winner for being the most overrated, since she is nowhere near the best filly or mare of all time.

Any argument made against this reasoning is simply proof of being retarded.
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Old 07-01-2010, 12:23 AM
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I was having trouble coming up with an underrated horse, and then it occurred to me, that MMSC was asking a trick question, since it's nearly impossible to underrate anyone currently running.
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Old 07-01-2010, 12:31 AM
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I was having trouble coming up with an underrated horse, and then it occurred to me, that MMSC was asking a trick question, since it's nearly impossible to underrate anyone currently running.
It's not easy picking a most underrated horse so far this year... but here's my pick.

http://community.drf.com/files/hollywood-hit.pdf


You're talking about an Oklahoma bred racing in Canada that pretty much no one cares about ... he's beaten some pretty nice horses and run some very fast races .. especially for synthetic surfaces.
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Old 07-01-2010, 12:43 AM
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It's not easy picking a most underrated horse so far this year... but here's my pick.

http://community.drf.com/files/hollywood-hit.pdf


You're talking about an Oklahoma bred racing in Canada that pretty much no one cares about ... he's beaten some pretty nice horses and run some very fast races .. especially for synthetic surfaces.
Wow, that's a pretty nice looking horse. However, now that you've outed him, PG1985 will become aware of this horse and proclaim him the greatest sprinter since Zensational, thus either making him the most overrated horse this year, or not making him the most overrated horse this year.

Either way, he's almost a certainty to win OK bred HOY 2010.
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Old 07-01-2010, 02:22 AM
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Not a trick question and very nice example with Hollywood Hit.

I feel bad naming my first overrated. I'm sorry Brockguy! I know you like this one a lot.

Presvis.
Was a very nice horse but lately?
9th at Ascot
5th at Sha Tin (QE II) Cup
5th at Kranji (SIA Cup)
11th in Dubai

Cavalryman.
Formerally with Fabre, now with Godolphin.
Prix Niel (G2) winner
Won Grand Prix De Paris (Group 1)
3rd in the Arc
5th in the Coronation Cup
12th Prince of Wales's
Down, down, down and it's a shame cause he could have been, well... it's too bad.

Underrated...

Typhoon Tracy.
4 G1 wins, 3 of which were this year and so many people have never heard this name. 10 wins from 14 starts total.

http://horseform.racingandsports.com...137B93D55E8D22

Spanish Moon.

Always neglected, always ignored, never talked about...
6, 3, 2 from 15 starts
Wins include Prix Foy (he beat Vision d'Etat)
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Group 1)
2nd in the Hong Kong Vase
Nice horse who I think gets confused with Purple Moon (who is okaaay).

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