I need to listen to ATR more often

[zippyneedsawin]

OK. I don't have time to read through all 13 pages of this thread, so I apologize if someone has already made this points.
Zenyatta is a very nice mare. She's done nothing wrong, answered the bell for every race and deserves high accolades. However, the company she's kept the majority of the time has been suspect at best. She did beat Ginger Punch (an eclipse winner) in the Apple Blossom.. she gets credit for that one. She did win the BCC.. kudos for that.. It's pointed out that the race was in her backyard on a surface the majority of the field was unproven on.. that's valid.
to me, the BCC win was terrific, but I can see why others knock it.
The bottom line is her connections could have sent her to the Foster last weekend.. she would have silenced her doubters with a win in that race.. but they didn't.. In my opinion.. if she beats Quality Road, Blame or Rachel ( I believe she's back in form now).. she deserves to be put on a pedestal. Hopefully she gets that chance in the BCC.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

OK. I don't have time to read through all 13 pages of this thread, so I apologize if someone has already made this points.
Zenyatta is a very nice mare. She's done nothing wrong, answered the bell for every race and deserves high accolades. However, the company she's kept the majority of the time has been suspect at best. She did beat Ginger Punch (an eclipse winner) in the Apple Blossom.. she gets credit for that one. She did win the BCC.. kudos for that.. It's pointed out that the race was in her backyard on a surface the majority of the field was unproven on.. that's valid.
to me, the BCC win was terrific, but I can see why others knock it.
The bottom line is her connections could have sent her to the Foster last weekend.. she would have silenced her doubters with a win in that race.. but they didn't.. In my opinion.. if she beats Quality Road, Blame or Rachel ( I believe she's back in form now).. she deserves to be put on a pedestal. Hopefully she gets that chance in the BCC.

If a 2 minute soundbite of the exchange between Steve and Davidowitz was attached to this thread it would save time for everyone.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

If a 2 minute soundbite of the exchange between Steve and Davidowitz was attached to this thread it would save time for everyone.

Got a chance to hear it. I couldn't help but laugh when Davidowitz was like 'stop yelling' or something. Steve's right, he does sound professorial which I happen to find soothing when I listen to him on ATR. When he delivered that line with that tone as Steve's volume ramped up, I'm sorry, it was funny.

Related to the backlash, folks here brought up Amanda Duckworth's article. I felt bad after reading it because some of the commenters were just mean. Most were positive, but I don't get low blows that people make. The defensiveness is crazy. I haven't seen this many flame wars on message boards since the top 100 list came out and folks were up in arms about who's better Man O' War or Secretariat. Seriously, it's apples and oranges. They're both great.