Crist: The great distaffers..

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Gaining Ground

i said banshree breeze was a better horse. she was clearly the more consistent horse and accomlished a hell of a lot more on track than keeper hill. however, when they met on the racetrack, for whatever cicumstances there wasnt a lot separating them. and at keeper hill's best, she could beat banshhe breeze and did, twice. that is what i am saying, which leads me to think banshee breeze would have little to no shot vs zenyatta or rachel alexandra.

Banshee Breeze had two near-miss 2nds in the BC Distaff .. and a near-miss 2nd in the KY Oaks where, whatever you want to say about the ride she got, she just gave one away ... I certainly think if she closed the deal in those 3 races she'd be on everyones list of great females.

I've watched and analyzed Zenyatta's two Apple Blossom wins as carefully as I can ... and for the life of me I can't find ANYTHING about those two races to suggest a horse like Banshee Breeze would have little to no shot against her on dirt. Based on those two races - I'm of the oppposite opinion if anything.

Rachel Alexandra was obviously a better 3yo than BB - but I don't see anything about her 4yo form to suggest Banshee Breeze had no chance.