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12-10-2010, 10:39 AM
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Most of the immortals, the Triple Crown winners and others, never won 19 straight. Citation, Man of War, Gallant Fox, Assault and Secretariat all lost more than once.
I have no influence, no vote. But out there somewhere, someone, might wake up and get a new and needed trophy on the ballot. Zenyatta sure does deserve it. http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...NE02/101209029 
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12-10-2010, 10:42 AM
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Marty McGee = Disgrace http://www.drf.com/news/zenyatta-vs-...ote-horse-year
See where I’m going with this? I could justify voting for Blame for the many reasons being articulated by the men and women who are voting for him . . . but I just can’t. Unfortunately for him, this was the year of Zenyatta, even accounting for that excruciating defeat in one of the greatest Breeders’ Cup races ever. Hey Allie: sorry, pal, but I’m voting for Zenyatta.
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12-10-2010, 10:44 AM
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12-10-2010, 10:45 AM
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12-10-2010, 10:50 AM
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Zenyatta had a much better case for HOY last year and she didn't win. She will not win this year either. She did not have a better year than Blame. HOY is not an award for who had the best career. She had a much better career than Blame and that is why she will be in the Hall of Fame and Blame won't.
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12-10-2010, 11:07 AM
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12-10-2010, 10:50 AM
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goldikova is gonna get hosed..and that means the breeders cup does not
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12-10-2010, 11:05 AM
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"But just what is the Horse of the Year? It is left for each Eclipse Award voter to decide."
http://www.xpressbet.com/iframe/article.aspx?id=2306
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12-10-2010, 11:08 AM
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Beyer's last 3 paragraphs. As perfect and logical a summation of this discussion as anyone will write...
However, Zenyatta's fans cannot make an honest case that she had a better 2010 season than Blame, who raced against the country's best males, recording four wins and a second-place finish in five starts. Zenyatta scored all of her five victories against relatively weak filly-and-mare rivals - if Blame or the other leading males had run against such competition, the outcomes would have been routs. No female racehorse in history would have been considered a potential Horse of the Year on the basis of such a flimsy race summary. The Classic was Zenyatta's make-or-break test. She made a gallant effort as she rallied from last place and barely failed to catch Blame. She won over many skeptics, myself included, who doubted her ability because she had never before raced against top competition on dirt. Nevertheless, she lost - a fact that eludes her admirers who believe an honorable defeat counts as a win. Ed Fountaine of the New York Post concluded his Horse of the Year argument for Zenyatta by writing, "She was hopelessly outdistanced in the race, yet lost by inches." Zenyatta's fans imagine that their heroine overcame terrible adversity in the Classic and that the fact she was "hopelessly outdistanced . . . yet lost by inches" underscores her greatness. This is nonsense. She trailed the field because that is the way she always runs. For a horse rallying from last place in a 12-horse field, she enjoyed a relatively easy trip. She saved ground on the turn and avoided serious traffic trouble. She was abetted by the fast early pace that enervated the leaders. Blame got the jump on Zenyatta because he is a quicker, more versatile runner, and he was resolute enough to withstand her late charge. He earned the Horse of the Year title by beating his main rival in a head-to-head championship showdown, and the outpouring of specious arguments on Zenyatta's behalf cannot alter that fact.
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