Shirreffs says Zenyatta deserves '10 Horse of the Year

10 pnt move up · #1 10-20-2010, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

In your opinion she is special. That is the crux of the problem. They had plenty of opportunities to define her greatness yet here we are after 19 races still debating her merits. Take any great horse and go back to the weeks before their last race. Name one horse whose credentials would be questioned as much as this filly's?

She was a 5 year old filly winning the BC Classic...that means something. Fillies dont win that race.

slotdirt · #2 10-20-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

She was a 5 year old filly winning the BC Classic...that means something. Fillies dont win that race.

She was a mare, not a filly. FYI.

Dahoss · #3 10-20-2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

She was a 5 year old filly winning the BC Classic...that means something. Fillies dont win that race.

It would have meant a lot more on dirt. It's not her fault the decision was made to run the Breeders Cup there, but to ignore the surface it was run over is missing a giant part of the equation. Unless of course you think Gio Ponti would have been 2nd in that race on dirt.

Cannon Shell · #4 10-20-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

She was a 5 year old filly winning the BC Classic...that means something. Fillies dont win that race.

Sure it is a nice accomplishment. Of course prior to the 08 running Turf horses rarely won that race either. And if she hadn't run last year then a turf horse would have won again. But do you seriously want to use the 09 Classic as the measuring stick to use against the greats of the game? Even the colts that she beat are not particularly accomplished. At least not on the dirt.