8/7 (DMR): Clement L. Hirsch S. (G1)

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

So why point the horse to a race at a surface they don't like? That's stupid. Are they really that afraid of shipping/losing?

I don't think they're afraid of losing. She's not a great shipper and they don't want to knock her out. If they were afraid of losing, would they have run in the BC Classic last year instead of the Distaff? If they were afraid of losing would they have agreed to ship to Oaklawn to face Rachel?

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

If they were afraid of losing, would they have run in the BC Classic last year instead of the Distaff?

Seems quite clear that they were very afraid of losing something else that they very much thought they deserved no matter what, and that's exactly WHY they ran her in the Classic at the last second.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Seems quite clear that they were very afraid of losing something else that they very much thought they deserved no matter what, and that's exactly WHY they ran her in the Classic at the last second.

It was not at the last second, not even close. If my memory is right, I think they announced it about a month before the race.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

It was not at the last second, not even close. If my memory is right, I think they announced it about a month before the race.

Your memory isn't right.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

Your memory isn't right.

Refresh my memory. When was it announced that she would run in the Classic?

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Refresh my memory. When was it announced that she would run in the Classic?

http://www.drf.com/news/zenyatta-lik...-males-classic

Another interesting viewpoint from Crist a few weeks earlier.
http://www.drf.com/news/no-sense-pressing-zenyatta

[The Indomitable DrugS]

A guy I befriended in Vegas last year who thought I was a genius because he asked me for "just one horse" for Friday and Sat and I told him Life is Sweet for Friday and Vale of York for Saturday ... the day after he starts talking about Zenyatta and said she won the BC Classic.

I'm like, No.. she didn't win the Breeders Cup Classic. The BC Classic hasn't been run since 2007. She won the Breeders Cup Brown Turf over Gio Ponti. Conduit won the Green Turf and she won the Brown Turf. The guy looked at me like I was nuts.

How's anyone supposed to take the last 3 Pacific Classic winners seriously? They haven't run the Pacific Classic in years as far as I'm concerned.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

http://www.drf.com/news/zenyatta-lik...-males-classic

Another interesting viewpoint from Crist a few weeks earlier.
http://www.drf.com/news/no-sense-pressing-zenyatta

My memory was incorrect. They obviously made the official announcement much later than I remember.