Rachel's Sheet?

[miff]

I\'m sure that the voters do not look at numbers but there would seem to be a correlation between very fast consistent winning horses and Eclipse Awards.

Z and RA were both extremely consistent horses.RA ran more often, ran a few exceptionally fast races,shippped, destroyed her peers, hooked and beat top/fast 3yr colts and older horses.Z fans should check out where horses finished who dared to hook Rachel early.Check the facts/replays before you blow nonsense.

Last post for me on this, it would be a travesty and a fraud if RA is not sole HOTY.Z is fantastic but just had bad timing to run up against a 3 yr filly who is incomparable.

Mike

[Rick B.]

While we are playing armchair trainer / owner / whatever, and have the Sheets of these two tremendous athletes side by side, why not move ahead to the hypothetical Match Race That Will Never Happen.

(Or, Races, plural.)

Using TG, who wins a Match Race at:

* 9 panels on synthetic (fine, Pro-Ride at SA)?

* 9 panels on...fast dirt at...well, Rachel doesn\'t seem to really have a \"home court\" the way Zenyatta does, does she? She\'s raced at Churchill 6 times, use that track I guess.

* 1 1/16 miles on fast dirt at Oaklawn -- the only track over which both have raced.

Can I open a giant can of worms, or what? Happy Friday, everybody!

[HP]

Silver - if they hung you would it stop you from posting?  (Joking).

Miff - I\'d lay odds this is not your last post on this.  

It\'s just INEXHAUSTIBLE as a subject!  At this point I\'d rather see them give HOY to the horse that wins the next maiden claimer at Aqueduct.  

HP

[Rick B.]

HP -- you\'re complaining? I\'m baffled.
 
We aren\'t going to see something like this again for a loooong time -- that these two fantastic, accomplished female animals came along and did what they did in the SAME YEAR is mind-boggling.
 
Some of us are enthralled by this stuff. Please don\'t pee in our Post Toasties while it plays out.

Thank you.

[HP]

Watching the two horses race is one thing.  Reading ENDLESS posts about this...repeating the same few points over and over again...over what is, in this case, an utterly meaningless award (the HOY will not have ANY impact on the value of either one of these horses - nor will it end the argument!).  

I suppose you\'re right.  If it floats your boat, sail away my friend!  

Enjoy...

HP

[Dana666]

JB, will you post it here? I\'d like to read it.

[heatherk]

I\'m curious, RA at oaklawn ran a -0 and the comment was \"never asked\". Zen, at Oakland ran a -1. What was the comment? Thanks in advance.