Restricted is Not Always Lower

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

You're trying to refute rules of thumbs with what most would considered exceptions to those rules.

I get that and I agree with you. But that's kinda the point I was making. People don't seem to understand that just because a horse did something that seems exceptional doesn't make it true. It takes further examination and old rules don't always apply. Take Rachel's Woodward win. While it was a nice effort on her part, I get so tired of people saying that she beat older males as if that made it extra tough to win. I felt, as did a lot of others, that either the Travers against her own age or the Beldame (with the possible field including Music Note and Icon Project) would have, on paper, been tougher assignments. Instead of taking on the toughest task, they took on the easiest but because of the rule of thumb, she's given extra credit. People have been wanting to see Zenyatta take on the boys for the longest and she'll get some extra credit for doing so if she goes in the Classic. What if Rachel and Icon Project were in the Distaff though? Would she still get the extra credit for facing the boys when her toughest race would have been in her own division? Rules of thumb are good to have as long as they aren't applied blindly.