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Old 11-07-2010, 01:28 AM
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By the way, where was YOUR reigning HotY? LMAO
Polishing her trophy. The same trophy that YOUR champ will never get.

lol....lol.....lol
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Old 11-07-2010, 01:39 AM
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Polishing her trophy. The same trophy that YOUR champ will never get.

lol....lol.....lol

At least the paper champ can polish



By the way, can you say ZARDANA? LMAO
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Old 11-07-2010, 01:53 AM
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At least the paper champ can polish



By the way, can you say ZARDANA? LMAO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYT3e_d4rPU

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Old 11-07-2010, 01:09 AM
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If you owned a horse, would HOY be the defining victory for you? I highly doubt that. I think you would rather have your horse win $6.5 million than win HOY.
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Old 11-07-2010, 01:13 AM
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If you owned a horse, would HOY be the defining victory for you? I highly doubt that. I think you would rather have your horse win $6.5 million than win HOY.
That depends on how much money you already have. The mega wealthy could find better investments for their money than buying racing prospects. They accept the risk of losing money in exchange for the chance of taking home some significant trophies, including for HOY.
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Old 11-07-2010, 01:18 AM
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That depends on how much money you already have. The mega wealthy could find better investments for their money than buying racing prospects. They accept the risk of losing money in exchange for the chance of taking home some significant trophies, including for HOY.
I agree with you about that. Most of these big owners don't need the money. But I was curious if HOY is really important to Dahoss since he was needling SO about it. I doubt HOY is actually that big of a deal to Dahoss. He's acting like winning HOY is such a big deal but I doubt it is even a big deal to him.
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Old 11-07-2010, 04:29 AM
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I agree with you about that. Most of these big owners don't need the money. But I was curious if HOY is really important to Dahoss since he was needling SO about it. I doubt HOY is actually that big of a deal to Dahoss. He's acting like winning HOY is such a big deal but I doubt it is even a big deal to him.
Nope. Smooth Operator was the one who brought up HOY. And it meant a ton to Zenyatta's connections. That's why it's relevant.
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Old 11-07-2010, 09:39 AM
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If you owned a horse, would HOY be the defining victory for you? I highly doubt that. I think you would rather have your horse win $6.5 million than win HOY.
Yeah, because they really need the money. The HOY was very important to them as was the now blemished record. Me personally, I wouldn't care. But I also would have run her in more ambitious spots.
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Old 11-07-2010, 09:42 AM
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When you deal with these owners who have zillions of dollars the only thing that matters is winning. These people play to win, and fullfill their egos. We are very lucky they brought her back and risked an unblemished record for her 6 year old season. We are all very lucky to have witnessed greatness, even in defeat and the owners of Zenyatta should be given a large round of applause for running her through the season, and into the classic. You just don't get to see horses stick around like her. We are all very fortunate and the sport is better because of it. Win, lose, or draw, she was great even in defeat.
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Old 11-07-2010, 09:44 AM
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what did he do wrong. He got steadied at the Q pole following the wrong horse, he had to wheel her out and lose 5 lengths, he didnt put her into the race quick enough. He did a multitude of things wrong and she still ran through him and was beaten a zap to boot. You don't give a horse that much to overcome, I cannot believe she was in the photo. Nearly any other horse would have folded it up, certainly any in that field would never have made a race of it if they had to put in the work she did.
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Old 11-07-2010, 02:05 PM
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When you deal with these owners who have zillions of dollars the only thing that matters is winning. These people play to win, and fullfill their egos. We are very lucky they brought her back and risked an unblemished record for her 6 year old season. We are all very lucky to have witnessed greatness, even in defeat and the owners of Zenyatta should be given a large round of applause for running her through the season, and into the classic. You just don't get to see horses stick around like her. We are all very fortunate and the sport is better because of it. Win, lose, or draw, she was great even in defeat.
I guess you are too young to remember but it wasn't that long ago that racing horses was the rule not the exception.

And the idea that we were lucky to watch her run this year? Well maybe we were lucky to see the last race but the rest of the season was forgettable unless you are really into preseason games or something like that.
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Old 11-07-2010, 01:18 AM
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Your paper champ couldn't even handle Persistently at the classic distance … LMAO
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