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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
I don't think Mitchell running her in the BIG CAP was a terrible idea.
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Considering the outcome, a derailed racing career (St. Trinians) and a derailed jock agent career (yours), I think it was a terrible idea. And that's just the tip of the iceberg...
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She had a very funky way of traveling. She also was much better at Hollywood Park than Santa Anita.
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Up to that point, she was unbeaten at Santa Anita winning 3 races by a total of 10 lengths including a clear victory over the dominant BC Distaff winner.
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I think his reasoning was this would give him more time to prepare for the Vanity which I know he felt was his best chance at beating QUEENIE.
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This has to be a joke. The Santa Margarita was a week later and the Vanity was not for another 3 months.
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He knew ST. TRINIANS didn't have much shot at beating ZENYATTA in the Santa Margarita.
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You saw the actually running of the 2010 Santa Margarita, right? St. Trinians would have romped with a clean trip.
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The Cap was $750,000 and not a very strong field at all. MISREMEMBERED beat the likes of NEKO BAY, DAKOTA PHONE and JERANIMO I think the Santa Margarita was $400,00 or $500,000.
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Seems like Zenyatta should have been in that race then.
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As it turned out Mitchell was right about the Vanity. When ZENYATTA won that race she ran down a horse that was running AWAY from the rest of the field.
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Really? I've never seen a race where the first two home are lengths clear of the rest of the field (i.e., listed winner Will O Way, etc). I guess that means there was actually 2 good horses in the race, something rarely seen in CA nowadays. Must be evidence of a generational talent.
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I'll never forget Mitchell walking over to Sherriffs and shaking his hand. As if to say hey I took my best shot and you still got me.
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Personally, I would have offered to pay Zenyatta's nomination fee for the Hollywood Gold Cup AND the Pacific Classic.