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Originally Posted by CSC
Yes, but by only a desparate head. One can say the same thing about Zenyatta's Classic, the race was hardly made for a deep closer to win especially with the loss of a pace prescence moments before the start of the race and she did it with more authority and against a much deeper field quality wise than RA did. If HOY was solely based on who is the superior horse, Zenyatta should win, Rachel is a fine filly in her own right but competition does matter and given both had to overcome some sort adversity in both races. How can anyone say Zenyatta wasn't more impressive.
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So the fractions and race flow didn't matter because Quality Road got scratched? Wow.
The fact of the matter is that Zenyatta had a TERRIFIC trip in the Classic. The fact that Smith negotiated those tight spots with that heffer without getting into any trouble is nothing short of amazing. The pace completely collapsed in front of her, but I guess you and Trevor Denman are the only people who thought she needed to be a "superhorse" to win from four lengths out on a track that favored closers in a race that was falling apart.
Zenyatta did some terrific things and ran against the race flow repeatedly in her career, but she did not do so in the Classic. Not in any way, shape or form.
NT