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10-04-2020, 08:08 AM
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Swiss Skydiver: Horse of the Year?
Obviously, Breeders Cup will play a huge role here but here is her resume so far.
9 starts, 5 wins, 2 places, 1 show Wins: G2 GP Oaks, G3 Fantasy, G2 Santa Anita Oaks, G1 Alabama, G1 Preakness Places: G2 Bluegrass, G1 Kentucky Oaks Show: G2 Rachel Alexandra She currently has more graded stakes wins than most of her competition has starts this year. Tom’s d’Etat has 3 starts. Improbable and Maximum Security have 4 starts. Tiz the Law has 5. Authentic has 6. If she wins at Breeders Cup, wherever she decides to run, I think she’s got a pretty good case. 
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10-04-2020, 08:23 AM
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You’re right that the BC will play a huge role. If she wins the Distaff she will get some votes and deservedly so but Improbable or Tiz the Law winning the Classic should get them HOY.
Now if they run her in the Classic (not what I’d do) and she wins than she is definitely HOY. Even with her win yesterday it was only her 2nd grade 1 win and Tiz the Law and Improbable both have 3. Not winning HOY won’t diminish what a fantastic year she has had and McPeek deserves a bunch of credit for not ducking anyone and running her. She’s been a pleasure to watch.
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10-04-2020, 08:33 AM
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I guess we’ll see how it shapes up as I’m not sure all the horses above will even run in the Classic.
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10-04-2020, 09:21 AM
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Forget HOY. As of now, I don't even think she is a lock in her own division. If Shedaresthedevil wins today at Keeneland and beats Swiss Skydiver in the Distaff, I think she is champion 3yo filly.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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10-04-2020, 10:12 AM
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10-04-2020, 05:05 PM
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I would think that Shedaresthedevil losing the Spinster today would take her out. But if Swiss Skydiver goes in the Distaff and Shedaresthedevil again pulls an upset, that would give her a 2-1 edge. Interesting choice. I think McPeek is leaning to the Classic because of the distance but an added benefit to her going there is that it probably locks up the division title no matter what happens in the Distaff.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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10-04-2020, 05:24 PM
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10-04-2020, 05:54 PM
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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10-06-2020, 11:17 AM
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