Roger Stein on Beyer on Zenyatta

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

It depends who she would have been running against. If she would have been running in 12 horse fields against grade I males, of course she would have got beaten plenty of times.

But against the horses she faced in California, I think she would have won by far bigger margins had the races been on dirt.

I think she would have had a hard time running down Hystericalady in the 2008 Lady's Secret the way the pace of that race unfolded.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

I think she would have had a hard time running down Hystericalady in the 2008 Lady's Secret the way the pace of that race unfolded.

It's hard to say. She won that race very easily. She won by 3 1/2 lengths. On the other hand, Hystericalady moves way up on the dirt so it's hard to say. Zenyatta is obviously going to be more vulnerable to a horse like that at 1 1/16th than at 1 1/8 miles or 1 1/4 miles.

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Originally Posted by Dahoss

I think she would have had a hard time running down Hystericalady in the 2008 Lady's Secret the way the pace of that race unfolded.

would have been fun to see, IMO that was the best race, along with the 08' AB that I had seen her run. The comment line should have been "won as pleased".