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Old 05-16-2009, 07:50 PM
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I think we dismissed a couple of precarious myths today, Rachel Alexandra is not normally 20 lengths better than her opposition and Mine That Bird is not a fluke horse that happened to win the derby, and the funny thing is neither actuality surprised me at all.
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I think we dismissed a couple of precarious myths today, Rachel Alexandra is not normally 20 lengths better than her opposition and Mine That Bird is not a fluke horse that happened to win the derby, and the funny thing is neither actuality surprised me at all.
She's 20 lengths better than the other fillies. Nobody said she was 20 lengths better than every other horse.
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Old 05-16-2009, 08:12 PM
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She's 20 lengths better than the other fillies. Nobody said she was 20 lengths better than every other horse.
Perhaps it wasn't said, but it sure sounded like it might have been inferred. You would have thought she would have won the Preakness by more than a length. Looks she's a very good filly and she may go down as one of the greats, I just wouldn't classify her great yet. It's premature for that if anyone should ask me.
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Old 05-16-2009, 08:17 PM
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Perhaps it wasn't said, but it sure sounded like it might have been inferred. You would have thought she would have won the Preakness by more than a length. Looks she's a very good filly and she may go down as one of the greats, I just wouldn't classify her great yet. It's premature for that if anyone should ask me.
I don't think it was anywhere close to inferred that she was 20 lengths better than the boys. Maybe a couple of lengths at best was what even her biggest fans were saying.
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Old 05-16-2009, 10:08 PM
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I don't think it was anywhere close to inferred that she was 20 lengths better than the boys. Maybe a couple of lengths at best was what even her biggest fans were saying.
I was ofcourse was saying it tongue in cheek, there's only one horse 20 lengths well 31 lenghts better than the boys and he is no longer with us. I think we can assume this without using semantics she was 8-5 today and the second choice was 6-1 that we had an overwhelming favorite in a field.
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To be fair, if that's her version of struggling over the track (according to Calvin) then good grief. I mean other horses have a bad day, they finish up the track. She just doesn't win by as much.
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Perhaps it wasn't said, but it sure sounded like it might have been inferred. You would have thought she would have won the Preakness by more than a length. Looks she's a very good filly and she may go down as one of the greats, I just wouldn't classify her great yet. It's premature for that if anyone should ask me.
I would. And I don't say that unless I'm absolutely sure.
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Old 05-16-2009, 09:50 PM
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I would. And I don't say that unless I'm absolutely sure.
Translation. "Dont hate".
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So, of the fillies who have won a Triple Crown race, who was the best?
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So, of the fillies who have won a Triple Crown race, who was the best?
It may just be Rachel.

I don't think people realize what an incredible race she ran today. That track was DEEP, she set extremely fast fractions while 3 wide and still opened up enough to hold on. She wasn't even looking all that comfortable out there when she went by us, unlike at CD where she was absolutely on cruise control.

Winning Colors and Geniune Risk beat better horses, however.
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Old 05-16-2009, 10:10 PM
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I would. And I don't say that unless I'm absolutely sure.
I guess that depends on what each and everyone's meaning of the word 'great' is Phil. That's fair I can respect your opinion, I need to see more before declaring her great though.
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Old 05-16-2009, 09:49 PM
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Perhaps it wasn't said, but it sure sounded like it might have been inferred. You would have thought she would have won the Preakness by more than a length. Looks she's a very good filly and she may go down as one of the greats, I just wouldn't classify her great yet. It's premature for that if anyone should ask me.
What more does she have to do? Do you understand how infrequently what she just did happens? It takes a very special filly to win a Triple Crown race and in my opinion (while I hate the semantics of good, great, superstar, etc) it's an automatic qualifier to being a "great" horse.

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What more does she have to do? Do you understand how infrequently what she just did happens? It takes a very special filly to win a Triple Crown race and in my opinion (while I hate the semantics of good, great, superstar, etc) it's an automatic qualifier to being a "great" horse.

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Eight Belles ran second in the derby last year, Zarkava won the Arc. I know what you are saying when a filly beats the boys it is a superlative performance. I have to be honest though, it was a very good performance just not a great one. Frankly I was more impressed by her Oaks performance.
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What more does she have to do? Do you understand how infrequently what she just did happens? It takes a very special filly to win a Triple Crown race and in my opinion (while I hate the semantics of good, great, superstar, etc) it's an automatic qualifier to being a "great" horse.

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I don't think it takes as special a filly as people think. I think that with more opportunities, it could have happened more. It's happened twice in the last six races. Do you think Rags to Riches was great too? I'm hoping that with this result, with Eight Belles, and with Rags, the American attitude will start to change and we'll see it happen more times and with more chances will come more success.
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She's 20 lengths better than the other fillies. Nobody said she was 20 lengths better than every other horse.
She's 20 lengths better than the recent maiden winners that tried her in the Oaks.
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I think we dismissed a couple of precarious myths today, Rachel Alexandra is not normally 20 lengths better than her opposition and Mine That Bird is not a fluke horse that happened to win the derby, and the funny thing is neither actuality surprised me at all.
Well defined and correct .
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goldiva- amazing turn afoot.... o9 kd loss by 43.3 legs took 4th pl.congs to cborel 3in arow... always apleasure elturko
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goldiva- amazing turn afoot.... o9 kd loss by 43.3 legs took 4th pl.congs to cborel 3in arow... always apleasure elturko
Exactly. Couldn't agree more.
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Exactly. Couldn't agree more.

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