Shireffs-- Zenyatta is HOY

[prudery]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

She also never runs in 40 degree weather does she?

That may be true, but she doesn't run or live in a tropical climates either .

Mornings at all tracks are cold even in the summer .

I get your point, but I don't think the temp change is that dramatic.

It is not like she was beamed from stall to gate without moving .

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by prudery

That may be true, but she doesn't run or live in a tropical climates either .

Mornings at all tracks are cold even in the summer .

I get your point, but I don't think the temp change is that dramatic.

It is not like she was beamed from stall to gate without moving .

What does the morning have to do with it? There is a reason that riders warm horses up before a race. The fact is that when you dont warm up your horse on a cold day then you shouldnt be surprised when she is slow to get into the race. This is consistent from claiming horses to mythical horses.

[prudery]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

What does the morning have to do with it? There is a reason that riders warm horses up before a race. The fact is that when you dont warm up your horse on a cold day then you shouldnt be surprised when she is slow to get into the race. This is consistent from claiming horses to mythical horses.

I understand what warming horses up is . I am also a rider .

The morning comment had to do with your saying she had never been in 40 degree weather .

Feel free to disagee--and no one needs my permission here--but I believe the connections know the difference between hot and cold .

The mare was outside all day--she didn't come straight from a stall .

She was moving around all day and got to the post moving .

Perhaps you think the lack of a conventional gallop pre-race caused her to start slow, perhaps it did OR did not .

But you are not allowing the possibility that it didn't .

They know the horse and the temperature . They could have been wrong, as you or I could have ...

I live in New England . My riding horses get warmed up in ALL weather . If I ride in 12 degree weather extra precautions and a rug are used .

It was 40 .

I am not saying you don't have a point, but I am saying there are less conventional ways to warm up that may also work--everyone else stayed in their stalls before the walkover all day , and 40 degrees isn't arctic zone temp ..


Mythical horses don't need warmups--but you know that .

Nothing that went to the post yesterday was mythical, it was real flesh and blood thoroughbreds--at least to me .

[Indian Charlie]

You are from New England?

That does it, I'm going back to Cali.

[prudery]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

You are from New England?

That does it, I'm going back to Cali.

I am from NY, I live in New England .

Car service is available to Logan if you wish .

But disappointingly, one is never too far or close on the net...

[Princess Doreen]

The article doesn't state if Shirreffs was asked if Zenyatta was deserving of HOY. I'll bet he was. Was he supposed to have said, "NO"?

[randallscott35]

Another clown http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...3758700.column