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06-21-2010, 09:37 AM
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06-21-2010, 09:38 AM
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06-21-2010, 09:45 AM
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06-21-2010, 09:52 AM
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That's because of the BC. Championships had to be earned through NY in the past. They also had to be earned on the racetrack.
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06-21-2010, 09:56 AM
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You know who is frequently absent from these discussions.. and I don't know why.. is LATE BLOOMER.
She may not have had the sustained dominance of some of those above, but at her best, (her 4yo championship season), she was was about as good on BOTH turf and dirt as any filly over the period in question.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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06-21-2010, 10:25 AM
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I think Paseana provides a decent comparison to Zenyatta so far with respect to races run in(obviously disregarding the surface). She raced 28 times in North America finishing first or second in 24 of those races, virtually all Grade I or Grade II. She finished third once and out of the money three times. The third place and one of the out of the money finishes both came in 1995 when she was 8 yrs. old and at the end of her career. Through her career at six, she had raced 19 times and raced outside of California 6 times. Two of those races were wins in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn(sound familiar?),two of the races were in the Spinster at Keeneland(probably the biggest difference in their schedules) and one of those races outside of California was at Gulfstream where she won the Breeders Cup Distaff in 1992. We still have a couple of races unaccounted for, they were her other two out of the momey finishes. The first was in the second running of the Pacific Classic against males where she finished 5th. The other race was easily the worst race of her career and her only race in New York. It was the Grade I Ruffian at Belmont where she was last in a five horse field beaten some 20 lengths. Couldn't beat top male horses on dirt and couldn't win in New York. Obviously not one of the all time greats.
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