And, apparently, she had a sex change.

I should have checked my apparently poor memory. I'm sorry about the mistake.

Many here are assuming Quality Road will demolish Zenyatta if they both make it to the BC. Yet there's been no discussion from the Zenyatta camp about maybe running in the Distaff. They've been unusually direct that their only goal is the Classic.

I doubt Personal Ensign's connections even considered running her in the Classic that year, not against that level of horse. They picked the weaker race* to keep her undefeated streak alive.

--Dunbar

* yes, both Winning Colors and Goodbye Halo were very nice fillies. But Winning Colors had just finished 4th of 5 in the Spinster in her previous race, and she won just 2 of 7 thereafter.

I'm certainly not knocking Personal Ensign. I consider myself lucky to have been at that BC. But to call Personal Ensign "great" while dismissing what Zenyatta has achieved doesn't make sense to me.

I'm sure the Zenyatta camp realizes it is about 50% Quality Road will even be in the BC, there is still a long way to go and the horse has stallion value so will be retired if anything goes wrong.

OOPs must of had chaz bono on my mind.

lol--the signatures are by Paulson, Mott and Bailey. Not even a hoof-print from the big guy himself!




--Dunbar

One major reason Personal Ensign may not have been considered for the Classic was that Phipps had a two horse entry of Seeking the Gold, who finished second, and Personal Flag in the race.

Not saying otherwise she would have run but I'm into full disclosure.

;)

she's a really good horse, but she shouldnt be mentioned in the same post as Personal Ensign yet.. let alone Citation.

Seriously...cmon

Lol Z Haters
 

who beat better horses, personal ensign or zenyatta?

At this stage, I put the win streak nice as it is, a distant 3rd in what I want Zenyatta to accomplish in 2010. My wish list would be:

1. For her to win the BC Classic
2. To drown Rachel in a race where her fitness level is at 101%

If this could be accomplished all at CD in the Classic, all the better.

The QR hype will only get stronger in the coming weeks

Some blowhard over at TC keeps saying that he's as good as GZ. lol

Could you see GZ only a couple lengths clear of a horse like MM at the finish of the Met??? Uh, don't think so

Hell, MtB and RA were beating that colt last year.


Granted, QR will have at least one huge advantage over Z (the fact that he's a 4yo male and she a 6yo female) if they both can make it to this year's BCC … but there's still legit questions about his ability to get the classic distance against a strong field.

who is a better race horse? Who they beat is not the only component.

Zenyatta has beat a few champions in her career as well.

1988 phipps was loaded for bear......

personal ensign is the better horse imo. who they beat is not the only component. but shouldnt it be a component?

personal ensign beat better right?

beat beat? I don't know what your asking.

I have no idea how you can say definitely that Personal Ensign is a better race horse looking at the two records on paper. I agree Personal Ensign has beaten pretty good horses but Zenyatta has beaten a few as well.

Where did you stand on the Easy Goer/Sunday Silence question?

lol...sorry i meant beat better. i think you know what i was asking though. i asked it in my first post. i dont think its even really comparable who beat better. of course zenyatta has a chance to beat better. but racing in california isnt doing anything for her rep.

i thought sunday silence was better.

I loved Personal Ensign but even I admit that saying Zenyatta isn't in her class is more than unfair. Yeah, she is getting a puzzling campaign ( again ) but come on.

Who is a better race horse?

Personal Ensign

Oh my God.

Yea, we all know those Cali horse suck, the next time one of them ships across the Miss. and wins it will be the first time.

I dont see how its unfair. Zenyatta could be the best horsey to ever set foot on a racetrack, but when the connections keep putting her in these piss poor races, you just cant get a fair synopsis on her. Even the BCC was extremely weak and on a foreign surface to most of the participants.

If she beats the males, or top females on dirt this year, and wins the BCC again, I will change my tune. So far her only races that haven't been Pepper's Pride-esque (not in terms of actual ability, but quality of races) are the BCC and the previous Oaklawn race.

She could be better than Personal Ensign for all we know.. I'd just like to see it. It doesnt even matter if she loses one or two along the way, she can still prove her greatness.

very debatable

Breeders Cup distaff, Breeders Cup classic, two Apple Blossoms............are you delusional? Give me the races that Personal Ensign was in?

so you think shes been beating good horses in her california races? that is what i meant. beating those horses again doesnt help her rep.

do you think personal ensign beat better horses in her career than zenyatta has?

Yes the nod goes to PE on horses to date, but its not this glowing margin that you make it sound like, there have been some quality horses in the past two breeders cups, and she beat a champion horse at Oaklawn.

Life is Sweet aint a crap horse either, she dusted her like a rented mule.

You're not as familiar with Charlee as some of us are....just ask Clyde.

BC Distaff over Winning Colors (better than anyone in last years BCC or the prior years BC Distaff)

Whitney (beats the crap out of last years BCC)

Beldame (twice)

Shuvee

Molly Pitcher

Maskette

Hempstead

Frizette (at 2)


if you really want to compare those two Apple Blossoms to the 5 female races above, than I will throw that delusional statement right back at ya.


Or what about the whole synthetic issue? I will admit, I hate that fucl<ing surface, so I am biased. The BCC and BC Distaff will always be tainted because of the surface In. my. personal. opinion.

i dont think its even close. life is sweet is good on one surface, santa anita's pro ride. ginger punch? come on. she was a champion, but how would she have fared against the likes of winning colors or goodbye halo?

She beat one of the most over rated champions in history. Kinda like Favorite Trick winning HOY as a 2yo. She was that kind of champion. Not that its Zenyatta's fault that Ginger Punch was incredibly slow. Zenyatta would have beat GP in 100 out of 100 races.

I know I sound like a Z hater, I'm not, though I do hate the surface she runs on. Just prove her worth by at least running her against males out there. Its just boring.

Sorry, but I don't think it's unfair to compare Zenyatta favorably to Personal Ensign. Who the hell knows for sure who was better....but we do know they are both damn good.

The whole Zenyatta thing has gotten distorted for a number of reasons. One, nitwits on the internet ( and this is a big one ). They have annoyed many rational people so much that the sane folk become insane. Two, and this is related, the insistance ( often by the same nitwits ) that she was robbed of HOY despite the obvious has further frustrated sane people ( believe it or not, many sane people who believe Zenyatta is better than Rachel also believe the clear and correct choice was made last year ). Three, her tepid campaign this year, on the heels of last year, has further frustrated many. But this shouldn't mean people should fail to recognize her enormous talent, and further diminish her.

I 100% agree with this.

For me, Personal Ensign was the greatest female race horse ever, or tied with another one or two.. I wouldnt put RA or Z or Azeri or anyone in the past 20/25 years near her yet.. Go For Wand would be close though.

Booth Operator and CSC make me not even want to visit the state of California ever again.

How so? I have stated numerous times here I have no problem with Rachel winning HOY, I also never once said Zenyatta could never be beaten. It would seem to me these 2 issues are the reasons why Rachel supporters dislike a certain % of the Pro Zenyatta camp so ferverantly, something I don't believe I should be associated with. I make no bones about it, if the 2 do ever meet, I will root for Zenyatta, but those are my own personal feelings. Just as most here will root for Rachel.

.....best post of the 1,324,000.......

Give me a break. Even if you like Ginger Punch, it's pretty clear she wasn't herself that day. Unless you think Brownie Points was better than she was, in which case, GP wasn't much of a champion.

Plus it seems it's never really been Shug's MO to run fillies against the boys. I can't think of any (besides PE in the Whitney), but you might remember more than me.

Heavenly Prize ran in the 96 Donn...

My Flag in the 96 Belmont..

Aldiza ran against colts once as a 2yr old..

While you're basically right, he ran My Flag in the Belmont.