Roger Stein on Beyer on Zenyatta

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I thought her 2008 Apple Blossom was huge. Not only was it extremely impressive visually but as I said in another thread, I think she ran much faster that day than anyone gives her credit for. I think the official time of the other big race that day was wrong. Like racereplays.com, I had the Oaklawn Handicap in 1:50.34, not 1:48 3/5 (the official time they came up with 2 days later). Zenyatta ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 3/5 just 1 hour earlier.

Yeah, maybe. I've seen bad times before. Really, I don't think it's really defined if she's a better horse on dirt or synthetic, nor do I really care. I just think it's logical she was so far back early in the BCC because it was a race with an unusually fast pace, for her.