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Originally Posted by miraja2
I agree with most of what you say here, and the absurd praise heaped on the horse by her legion of fans/worshipers grates on my nerves as well. Basically I'm saying that I think her level of competition IS pretty darn low, and so I'm not sure it really needs to be exaggerated in any way by her detractors. I just think that her streak is so infinitely more impressive than freakin' Pepper's Pride's that the comparison is a bit foolish. While the races Zenyatta has been running in have certainly lacked top-quality competition, they haven't been restricted to only crappy competition the way Pepper's Pride were.
I'm not trying to argue that the connections deserve a lot of praise for running the horse in the Apple Blossom twice, I am merely saying that I do think they deserve some amount of credit for it. In what was supposed to be the biggest race of the year this year, they showed up while the other guys didn't. Does that make them great "sportsmen?" No. But it seems like some on here argue as if those two trips to Oaklawn never happened in a rush to denigrate her level of competition. I certainly understand the urge to do that given how annoying most of Zenyatta's fans are around here, but I guess I am still trying to enjoy her career despite her fans' idiocy and the softness of her competition.
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You realize that if Zenyatta had got beat a nose at Del mar last year everything would probably be so much different?
I can't get over the fact that we have these two great mares with connections that don't seem to care for each other and yet it seems as though we will never see them meet up. The game has a lot bigger issues than these horses choice of races but it is just a shame that this cant happen. Like Stasberg it might actually be a hyped event that lives up to its billing
But no we have to hear about fear of flying over mountains and absurd fitness levels...