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Old 11-03-2010, 08:36 AM
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Unfortunately the Zentards can't handle that there's no longer a relevant horse to endlessly denigrate in order to validate and prop up their paper champion.
From a monetary point of view, the reality is Jess deprived a few sharp handicappers around the world a chance of betting against Rachel in the distaff. She would have been a vast underlay and players look for chances to bet overhyped horses like this every year.
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Old 11-03-2010, 08:48 AM
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From a monetary point of view, the reality is Jess deprived a few sharp handicappers around the world a chance of betting against Rachel in the distaff. She would have been a vast underlay and players look for chances to bet overhyped horses like this every year.
Yeah, you're a sharp handicapper. I'm surprised you can even spell Distaff. You do realize Zenyatta at 8-5 is the underlay of the millenium, right? Those sharpies will still have their opportunity. Unless they were just Zenyattards, in which case they'll line up in droves to get fleeced on Saturday.
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Old 11-05-2010, 08:06 PM
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Old 11-03-2010, 11:19 AM
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From a monetary point of view, the reality is Jess deprived a few sharp handicappers around the world a chance of betting against Rachel in the distaff. She would have been a vast underlay and players look for chances to bet overhyped horses like this every year.
She would lose to Blind Luck, just like every other horse in that race. Best female in the country that Blind Luck.
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Old 11-03-2010, 02:51 PM
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She would lose to Blind Luck, just like every other horse in that race. Best female in the country that Blind Luck.




You must be blind…
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Old 11-03-2010, 02:52 PM
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Yeah, was Battaglia high on crack cocaine when he made Z 8/5?

Would like nothing more than to see her roll here … but 8/5 is ridiculous for a 6yo mare in this race.
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Old 11-03-2010, 03:06 PM
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Wow, his first good post evah, followed right up with another retahded one.

There is a tiny bit of hope at least.
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Old 11-03-2010, 11:23 PM
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Yeah, was Battaglia high on crack cocaine when he made Z 8/5?

Would like nothing more than to see her roll here … but 8/5 is ridiculous for a 6yo mare in this race.
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Old 11-04-2010, 09:24 AM
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Hedgehedgehedgehedgehedge




Even if it was commonplace for top mares to race till they were six, you'd be hard-pressed to find even one that could actually compete for the W in THIS particular race.

6yo mares ain't supposed to be able to hang with top colts which are two and three years younger.

That's why it will be SUPER impressive and super sweet if Z can pull this off.


Anyone with half-a-brain who follows the game could see that Azeri had no shot to win in '04 … even if the great GZ had never been entered.

I think Z has a decent shot to prevail on Sat for several reasons, but only a mad man would put her at 8/5 on the m/l.



By the way, thoroughly enjoyed your fine work ripping cons in the Politics section yesterday
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Old 11-04-2010, 09:36 AM
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Even if it was commonplace for top mares to race till they were six, you'd be hard-pressed to find even one that could actually compete for the W in THIS particular race.

6yo mares ain't supposed to be able to hang with top colts which are two and three years younger.
For one thing, Zenyatta didn't run in the championship level races at 2 or 3, in fact she barely ran at 3 at all. So she has had 3 years of stakes campaigning. If she had been at the top level at 2 and/or 3, yes, it would be uncommon for her be racing at 6. But she didn't, so the comparison doesn't apply.

Oh, and Makybe Diva had no problem beating up on boys when she was 6 and 7, even giving them weight. A three-peat in the Melbourne Cup tops any of Zenyatta's three-peats by a mile (almost literally).
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You must be blind…
I know, running in and winning most of the time, all those restricted GI races all over the country doesn't mean anything to YOU, but it does (should) merit a lot of respect. Agree with you completely on the odds, 8/5 is silly but it will probably be even lower. People like to bet sentiment.
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