HOTY: If Zenyatta wins the Classic...

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I agree with you that MTB is not the same horse right now. You get no argument from me there. But I don't know how you come to the conclusion that Zenyatta would not be a great horse on the dirt. She ran once on the dirt and she ran great. She blew Ginger Punch off the track in the Apple Blossom. She ran really fast that day too. The Oaklawn Handicap was that same day and she ran faster than the boys did in the Oaklawn Handicap. The Oaklawn Handicap had a strong field that year too. Macho Again would have been 25-1 in that race and would have had no shot of hitting the board.

Did you time her gallop out that day at Oaklawn? The Apple Blossom and Oaklawn Handicap are run at two different distances

NT

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Did you time her gallop out that day at Oaklawn? The Apple Blossom and Oaklawn Handicap are run at two different distances

NT

No, I didn't time her gallop out. LOL. I know the one race is 1 1/16 miles compared to 1 1/8 miles. I was actually at Oaklawn that day. I think that her race was the faster race. I mean I think 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 3/4 is faster than 1 1/8 miles in 1:50 2/5. I think she could have run her last 1/8th in less than 8 seconds.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

No, I didn't time her gallop out. LOL. I know the one race is 1 1/16 miles compared to 1 1/8 miles. I was actually at Oaklawn that day. I think that her race was the faster race. I mean I think 1 1/16 miles in 1:42 3/4 is faster than 1 1/8 miles in 1:50 2/5. I think she could have run her last 1/8th in less than 8 seconds.

Can you find me the chart that says the OP Handicap was run in 1:50 and 2/5?

Cause Equibase says it was run in 1:48.60.

NT

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Can you find me the chart that says the OP Handicap was run in 1:50 and 2/5?

Cause Equibase says it was run in 1:48.60.

NT

I'm starting to wonder if the Equibase time is right. If you watch the replay and clock the race, you will get 1:50. I know that there is nothing wrong with my stop-watch because when I clock the Apple Blossom I get 1:42 3/5 which is the correct time.

As I said, there was a problem with the clock on the race. If you watch the replay, you will see that the fractions were all messed up. They showed the opening 1/4 mile going in :19 and the half going in :41. The final time showed as 1:50 but how could you really trust that after the fractions were totally wrong. So nobody was sure what the final time was after the race. They ended up coming up with something a day or two later but I can't remember what it was. All I know is that right now Equibase shows the final time was 1:48 3/5 (I'm trusting you on that). But if you clock the race, you will get 1:50. If you go to racereplays.com, they show the final time as 1:50.34.

If you read any articles about the race, they show the final time as 1:50.34.

Here are a couple of articles:

http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=31799

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horse...42525327_x.htm

[herkhorse]

Zenyatta came screaming down the lane to the roar of the crowd with an excitement that hasn't been felt in this game since- well the Woodward. As far as HOY goes, it's like the Oscars- I could care less.