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Old 11-08-2009, 07:19 AM
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What we have is two sets of rules ala Major League Baseball. One league has the DH the other does not. They both play with a different set of rules. It's frustrating for a baseball fan and a horse player who has to see and deal with different track surfaces. Whoever is HOY is beside the point, for the good of the game (baseball too) let's have one set of rules and surfaces. The BC has brought the synthetics debate front and center - it can only hurt the horse racing industry.
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Old 11-08-2009, 07:37 AM
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I'm sorry, but I can't see awarding a horse who ran a Kip Deville-like schedule and never once left her home state to run with Horse of the Year honors. Summer Bird is still more deserving than she, even after his performance yesterday.
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Old 11-08-2009, 08:24 AM
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I'm sorry, but I can't see awarding a horse who ran a Kip Deville-like schedule and never once left her home state to run with Horse of the Year honors. Summer Bird is still more deserving than she, even after his performance yesterday.
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Old 11-08-2009, 11:10 PM
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I'm sorry, but I can't see awarding a horse who ran a Kip Deville-like schedule and never once left her home state to run with Horse of the Year honors. Summer Bird is still more deserving than she, even after his performance yesterday.
Are you on meth..?
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:06 AM
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Yes, because I think a Belmont-Travers-Jockey Club Gold Cup winner is more worthy of a horse of the year honor than a *insert four cruddy SoCal restricted race*-Breeders Cup Classic winner, I am clearly hanging out with Greta Kuntzweiler. Excellent observation.
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:52 AM
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Yes, because I think a Belmont-Travers-Jockey Club Gold Cup winner is more worthy of a horse of the year honor than a *insert four cruddy SoCal restricted race*-Breeders Cup Classic winner, I am clearly hanging out with Greta Kuntzweiler. Excellent observation.

summer bird has no shot to take hoy. it's definitely between rachel and zenyatta. once the excitement of zenyatta performance wanes a bit, i think you'll see the tilt back towards rachel for what she's done all year.
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