14 March 2010
We interupt this train of thought with breaking news
(Writers note: Price Trosin is on vacation and this post has not been proofed. Boy won't he be ticked on Monday)
Oh Zenyatta, how wonderful you are let us count the ways.
If Mike Smith wasn't a jockey he would have made a good truck driver. The inside, back out, move he made yesterday on Zenyatta yesterday proved that.
She is not the daintiest of daffodils, she is huge for a mare, shit she's huge for a horse and while fast, she isn't most agile creature. But her move around Pretty Unusual, who was anchors away in the stretch was impressive to me at least. That and she was hand ridden trough out, so ........
Meanwhile, earlier in the day John Shirreffs J.V. mare (granted Zardanna is on the varsity squad in any other barn) gave Rachel Alexandra all she could handle and more beating her by a convincing 3/4 length.
So it's no surprise this afternoon that news out of Louisiana is that Rachel Alexandra won't make it to the Apple Blossom, it's all well and good as far as I am concerned. Contrived match races suck anyway and they don't prove anything. If these two mares were to cross paths it should happen naturally when both horses are ready, not because someone propped up and extra 4.5 million. Further, since the world believes these to mares to be the best horses in the world (I'm not the only one,) the race should be in an open stakes, not a handicap or a filly-mare restricted stake. Only then will we know.
Later this week I get back on track with "was it worth it part II"
Oh Zenyatta, how wonderful you are let us count the ways.
If Mike Smith wasn't a jockey he would have made a good truck driver. The inside, back out, move he made yesterday on Zenyatta yesterday proved that.
She is not the daintiest of daffodils, she is huge for a mare, shit she's huge for a horse and while fast, she isn't most agile creature. But her move around Pretty Unusual, who was anchors away in the stretch was impressive to me at least. That and she was hand ridden trough out, so ........
Meanwhile, earlier in the day John Shirreffs J.V. mare (granted Zardanna is on the varsity squad in any other barn) gave Rachel Alexandra all she could handle and more beating her by a convincing 3/4 length.
So it's no surprise this afternoon that news out of Louisiana is that Rachel Alexandra won't make it to the Apple Blossom, it's all well and good as far as I am concerned. Contrived match races suck anyway and they don't prove anything. If these two mares were to cross paths it should happen naturally when both horses are ready, not because someone propped up and extra 4.5 million. Further, since the world believes these to mares to be the best horses in the world (I'm not the only one,) the race should be in an open stakes, not a handicap or a filly-mare restricted stake. Only then will we know.
Later this week I get back on track with "was it worth it part II"
Labels: Good Time Charlie Cella, Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta
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