Eclipse awards play by play

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by trackrat59

Ok here comes HOY

Get ready for Zillions of new threads on horsey sites. ZEN won.

Figured that when they were saying how this is a nite about the fans or whatever the guy with privman said, words to that effect.
Guess the mosses are smiling now!!!

[Sightseek]

I think I just heard a lot of THUDS!

[jezebel]

Yay! But surprised (and would have been okay with Blame winning also). Clearly means quite a bit to the Mosses, I think they really thought they weren't going to win earlier in the evening.

[AeWingnut]

John Goodman the breeder of Zenyatta

[TouchOfGrey]

Zenyatta 128
Blame 102
Goldikova 5
Voter Abstention 1
No Vote 2

[jezebel]

LOL - Anne is having to keep Jerry on track. He sure saved up a lot to say.

Sickening.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Rare Bog

In A Related Story:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/5...is-inexcusable

For a second, I thought he was trying to give a Gold Glove to Eva Longoria.

[Sightseek]

Zenfvckinyatta!!!!

[richard burch]

i was quite suprised.

hancock very pissed, take it like a man.

[nomad]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Zenfvckinyatta!!!!

YES!!!!

It's about time

[Cannon Shell]

Under the current incarnation of the Eclipse awards:

Only about 3 or 4 trainers have any prayer of winning
Only 3 or 4 breeders have a prayer of winning
Only a handful of owners have a prayer of winning
Less than 10 jockeys have a chance at winning
A washed up baseball player from the 70's can win the award for apprentice jockey
If you are an American turf horse you can only win if there is no European that shows
You can have a worse year than your last and still win
If you are a sprinter there is really only 1 race you need to win

and now...

If your fans browbeat the entire racing world and you embark on a yearlong publicity campaign (and a companion cupcake schedule), you too can win the biggest award

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

A washed up baseball player from the 70's can win the award for apprentice jockey

Come on baby, you can do it.






Does anyone else remember this?

[AeWingnut]

so

how much does 1st place pay?

[Puddle Jumper]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Under the current incarnation of the Eclipse awards:

Only about 3 or 4 trainers have any prayer of winning
Only 3 or 4 breeders have a prayer of winning
Only a handful of owners have a prayer of winning
Less than 10 jockeys have a chance at winning
A washed up baseball player from the 70's can win the award for apprentice jockey
If you are an American turf horse you can only win if there is no European that shows
You can have a worse year than your last and still win
If you are a sprinter there is really only 1 race you need to win

and now...

If your fans browbeat the entire racing world and you embark on a yearlong publicity campaign (and a companion cupcake schedule), you too can win the biggest award

It might be the first time ever that a horse without a win in an unrestricted race won HOY.
It's not the end of the world, but I think it is disappointing.

[dylbert]

Put five more pounds on Zenyatta and she wouldn't have been near Blame at finish line in BC Classic.

Very disappointed that voters pandered to general public "lovefest" over Zenyatta. Dark day for this horse racing fan...

[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by dylbert

Put five more pounds on Zenyatta and she wouldn't have been near Blame at finish line in BC Classic.

Very disappointed that voters pandered to general public "lovefest" over Zenyatta. Dark day for this horse racing fan...

Blame wouldn't let her by no matter how much further they went

but it doesn't hurt too much that Zenyatta won. It can be more than just racing
it can be the big picture
the new fans
etc

[MaTH716]

The award and that speech...................

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[AeWingnut]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

The award and that speech...................

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[my miss storm cat]

I'm still stunned.

Did that just happen?