Ahhhhh she did it!!!!

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by philcski

It was her best performance IMO, and I loved it, but to compare it to Personal Ensign is complete folly. Personal Ensign was hopelessly beaten at the 1/8th pole by the KENTUCKY DERBY winner, one of the 10 best fillies of my lifetime, not some barely above average G2 winner with a wacky stride.

Running down a juiced wobbler who had stumbled at the start and made the first move into a collapsing pace is the greatest performance evar, Phil, don't mistake it.

NT

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by CSC

I think this was her best race in her 17 race career, not from a numbers perspective or even a competition standpoint, for some reason to me, she didn't look like she was on top of her game today, if you would have asked me with 100 yds to go would she had caught St. Trinians who ran a hell of a race I would have said no. She looked beat and somehow got up to win, just as Personal Ensign willed her way to victory in the BC, these are the moments that you don't forget as a racefan whether you are a fan of West coast racing or east coast racing. I also thought Vic was right on his game today also, magical stuff.

Hear, hear.....

[Smooth Operator]

Now that the (super impressive) win record is in the bag … there's really only one more major goal for Z this season …defending her BCC title.

Forget about this RA … if they want a piece of Z let them come to Cali.

And forget about the subjective HotY award … it has already been cheapened too much over the years with selections like FT and RA.


The real goal now is taking down back-to-back Classics.

First 6-year-old to win the great American race … and the first to do it on different surfaces


That's some SERIOUS stuff right there, kids.


Needless to say, though, it won't be easy … the odds are clearly against her.

But Shirreffs has to keep his eye on the ball now … and do the best that he can to get her to the Downs in the best possible condition...



17-0

[Travis Stone]

Great athletes make things happen... Michael Jordan with buzzer beaters, Tiger Woods with big putts etc. This was another example... giving weight, going wide, giving St. Trinians a head start - everything - yet she still got it done. Pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Great athletes make things happen... Michael Jordan with buzzard beaters, Tiger Woods with big putts etc. This was another example... giving weight, going wide, giving St. Trinians a head start - everything - yet she still got it done. Pretty cool.

Uh no. Great athletes face the best on a consistent basis.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Uh no. Great athletes face the best on a consistent basis.

[slotdirt]

I think I may have jinxed St. Trinians with my premature shout of glee at thinking Zenyatta was finally going to lose. A second later, the outcome seemed never in doubt.

No doubt Smith had to ride her a heck of a lot harder today than he had to in any of her previous several starts.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Uh no. Great athletes face the best on a consistent basis.

I know what you're saying, and if this was like every other sport, yeah... but Rocco Mediate is a good not great golfer, and he had Tiger on the ropes, yet Tiger won. Same thing today.

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I know what you're saying, and if this was like every other sport, yeah... but Rocco Mediate is a good not great golfer, and he had Tiger on the ropes, yet Tiger won. Same thing today.

Just take a break for a few hours and let reality set in.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I know what you're saying, and if this was like every other sport, yeah... but Rocco Mediate is a good not great golfer, and he had Tiger on the ropes, yet Tiger won. Same thing today.

Not really unless the US Open = Vanity

gio Ponti is more of a Rocco type

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Great athletes make things happen... Michael Jordan with buzzard beaters, Tiger Woods with big putts etc. This was another example... giving weight, going wide, giving St. Trinians a head start - everything - yet she still got it done. Pretty cool.

lol buzzard beaters?!

just poking fun at you...

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Danzig

lol buzzard beaters?!

just poking fun at you...

Coach Pants is right... I am borderline...!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Coach Pants is right... I am borderline...!

[AlreadyHome]

lol haahhahahahah The Queen Amazon of Horse Racing is stilll #1
thrilling,exciting race by Zenyatta wow the commentator was to funny
with his words .. gogogoggogogo Zenyatta gogogoggogo

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

That was exciting as hell. St Trinians has a weird stride.

DRF had an article up a while back, shes crooked as hell according to Mitchell. When they got her, they were not even sure she could run anymore.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

That was exciting as hell.

I think her biggest detractors, her biggest worshipers, and everybody in between can all agree on that.
That was fun.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I think her biggest detractors, her biggest worshipers, and everybody in between can all agree on that.
That was fun.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

That was exciting as hell. St Trinians has a weird stride.

You would too if you had as many needles stuck in you that have been stuck in her

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

That was exciting as hell. St Trinians has a weird stride.

But game as hell

[RockHardTen1985]

I dont get all the talk about St. Trinians and the way she looks.... How does that make her a 50k claimer? Its well documented she has a ton of problems and can barley walk straight.