Strongest Classic Field Ever?

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Originally Posted by HomerS

Please spare the drama. No one is being shouted down. What are you Jimmy Stewart now in Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

I am saying the points on the surface are fair ones. It doesnt mean the person making them is necessarily being fair.

Whats the old saw about stats being used for support not illumination?

People with an entrenched opinion will usually reach out for something that supports their point of view. Not challenges it.

And if she wins the Classic again and people still wont accept her then they are blind. And silly. Again both fringes of the discussion, and not even sure its a fringe anymore seems like everyone has a strong opinion one way or the other- keep upping the ante. Letting emotion get the best of them

um, i said this:

if it were any horse other than zenyatta with the racing done this year being mentioned that way, the person doing the mentioning would be shouted down.


how that means i said someone IS being shouted down, i don't know....

my point is, people are saying zenyatta's career makes her deserving of HOY. that is incorrect. just looking at what she's done this year in no way, shape or form qualifies her for even being mentioned....blind luck hasn't got a shot in hell at the same award, to this point i'd say she's had a tougher year than zenyatta. but, it's the 'queen'. if her owner was so intent on winning the award, he should have raced her accordingly. not ducked and dodged the same as last year, and expect a different outcome. one big race does not hoy make. rachel won last year because she had an extraordinary season, while zenyatta had one extraordinary race-which is exactly what she might end up with again this year. her races this year have been anything but extraordinary. only her compilation of wins over four years time is extraordinary. for that, she'll one day be in the hall of fame.