Rachel confirmed for Personal Ensign

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by copying

I didn't say Got Koko was that years' AC -- All the easterners were saying that. They were saying Azeri was beating the same old overmatched allowance horses over and over again -- the same argument they now use against Zenyatta.

but....it's true.


keep reading from those with a zenyatta bias how she travelled to the ab to take on rachel as tho it was a brave act. john shirreffs is a smart man, and a savvy trainer. he hasn't enjoyed the successes he's achieved by being otherwise. what better time to take on a good horse than after a long layoff? shirreffs had every advantage going in, and he knew that. he had a horse that hadn't missed a beat, who hadn't had a tough season the previous year. everything was right for him, and wrong for rachel-it's so obvious.
the fact they haven't done anything different with the mare since, and won't, is also abundantly clear. she won't leave california. i'll be surprised at this point if she leaves before becoming a broodmare.