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Old 11-06-2010, 05:59 PM
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She lost HOTY (if there is a God)
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Old 11-06-2010, 06:02 PM
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That was perfect. Now it will haunt them the rest of their lives.
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Old 11-06-2010, 06:08 PM
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She ran a great race. She was so much closer than I thought she would be. I'm now officially impressed. Having said that, I'm glad this is behind us now.

On another note, Mike Smith is a drama queen. She ran a hellofa race. Nothing to mope about.
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Old 11-06-2010, 06:08 PM
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I've always been a detractor, and yes, I was desperately cheering for Blame to hold her off.

However, she ran very well, and proved to me that she is a better horse than I ever gave her credit for. I'm glad she didn't finish undefeated, but the point many people were trying to make in criticizing the way she was campaigned was that losing a race wasn't the end of the world. And it isn't. She ran a very good race.

For me, this race enhanced her reputation. Sure she was overrated by many and that made me dislike her, but today she travelled away from her home base, beat some very good dirt horses on dirt, and lost by a nose to another very good horse.
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Old 11-06-2010, 06:12 PM
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I said on this forum a couple of years ago that one day Smith would give her too much to do, and today was the day. She ran her race.
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Old 11-06-2010, 06:14 PM
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She ran an impressive race. Nothing to be ashamed of. I'm not a Zentard but there is a lot to love about this horse.
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Old 11-06-2010, 07:32 PM
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She ran an impressive race. Nothing to be ashamed of. I'm not a Zentard but there is a lot to love about this horse.
Well said.
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Old 11-06-2010, 07:41 PM
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I'll admit at the end that I was a little disapointed that she didn't get up, even though it would have cost me money. It would have been so much easier if she didn't lift a hoof, which it looked like very early. But she came from the absolute clouds and ran a tremendous race.
It does amaze me that in the 19 prior races, Mike Smith came up the rail once to win and in what might have been her most important race he thought about doing it again (and mind you it was dead). She was just as good as Blame today, but I really believe that Smith just gave her too much to do against a very good horse who got a pretty good trip himself. She really deserved to win that race today.
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Old 11-06-2010, 09:19 PM
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Agree. The horse has shown today to be something very special. Maybe not amonst the greatest ever, but on a short list of exceptional talents we are only seldom are to see.


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I've always been a detractor, and yes, I was desperately cheering for Blame to hold her off.

However, she ran very well, and proved to me that she is a better horse than I ever gave her credit for. I'm glad she didn't finish undefeated, but the point many people were trying to make in criticizing the way she was campaigned was that losing a race wasn't the end of the world. And it isn't. She ran a very good race.

For me, this race enhanced her reputation. Sure she was overrated by many and that made me dislike her, but today she travelled away from her home base, beat some very good dirt horses on dirt, and lost by a nose to another very good horse.
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Old 11-06-2010, 06:09 PM
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She lost HOTY (if there is a God)
There isn't a God....but surely Blame just cinched HOY.
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