Zenyatta

[TGJB]

Dub-- relax, man. You had a very good weekend, unless you parlayed on the Raiders. And the Giants had a pretty good year. Or is that the same thing as the Yanks winning is to a Met fan...

[P-Dub]

TGJB Wrote:
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> Dub-- relax, man. You had a very good weekend,
> unless you parlayed on the Raiders. And the Giants
> had a pretty good year. Or is that the same thing
> as the Yanks winning is to a Met fan...

I will chill out. My apologies. My good friend is constantly telling me the same thing. Sometimes I can\'t help myself and come across as an ass.

Yes JB, it is EXACTLY the same thing. I\'m an A\'s fan, don\'t like the Giants at all.

Jacoby Ford just returned the second half kick for a TD.

I will now relax. Hey Richie, is it an Italian thing with me or something else??

[Boscar Obarra]

Nick Kling gets it.

http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/11/07/sports/horseracing/doc4cd637f16f635181956427.txt?viewmode=fullstory

[drbillym]

Best synopsis of the race.  Well done by Kling.

[richiebee]

P-Dub Wrote:
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> I will now relax. Hey Richie, is it an Italian
> thing with me or something else??

Duke P-Dubhamaala:

While being born and raised in Staten Island assured me a certain degree
of Italianization, the truth is I am a Russian/Hungarian Jew and might
not be qualified to determine whether your argumentative nature has any-
thing to do with your Mediterranean roots.

Hang ten, bra.

[Bet Twice]

Amen.  
I went into the classic admiring her record but a little skeptical as to whether she could hang with the big boys on the dirt - I came out of the race realizing what a truly great horse she is - one of the best ever.  Those who have been bad mouthing her for the past few weeks should be eating their words.

[smalltimer]

Had she flopped like QR or finished a badly beaten 7th or 8th us Zenyatta supporters would be getting flogged unmercifully by some of her haters.  We would have been subjected to a steady diet of insults until the end of time. Too bad sekrah, Monmouth and a few others finally have to STFU about her talent.  (Actually its a good thing they finally have to STFU about this great mare).
Peace out to the majority of the room

[Boscar Obarra]

Monmouth still drooling, he says my posts this week saying Zenyatta as a bet against was grossly overrated was a disgrace. ;-)

 Just for completeness, 8/5 , no less 1-1 was a terrible price, but not nearly as far away from fair odds as the bashers were implying.  I think Betfair had it just about right at 2-1.

[marcus]

Personally I\'d like to see Zenyatta continue on with her campaign , the horse wants to run .. .

[TGJB]

Lots of bets look good after the race. Keep in mind that by far the fastest horse on figures was completely eliminated by the dead rail, which dramatically increased everyone else\'s chance of winning.

[jimbo66]

Actually, he doesn\'t get it.  Does he work for TVG?  Sounds like it.

The unfortunate thing is that Zenyatta zealots go so far over the top, it puts those that are not zealots in the position of criticizing her, even if they don\'t want to.

She didn\'t win.  She was the best horse in the race yesterday.  Blame won.  Blame was best.

She was gallant and enhanced her reputation with many non-fans.  

But Blame won.

[BB]

Hope you had the parlay, Paul. Didn\'t see it but looks like Janikowski made amends for a few weeks ago. Bon voyage!

[P-Dub]

BB Wrote:
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> Hope you had the parlay, Paul. Didn\'t see it but
> looks like Janikowski made amends for a few weeks
> ago. Bon voyage!

What a way to end the weekend. Yes, Janikowski drilled them both. What a thrilling finish, at least for Raiders fans.

Just finished packing, spaghetti and meatballs on the stove. Thanks for the kind words. I\'m exhausted, and I sat on my butt all weekend.

[Badride]

TGJB

   How did Big Drama navigate a trip from the 1 and Quality Road fail to do so.  Why wasn\'t BD a victim of the rail as well?   Im just curious where the rail comes into play.  Because QR should have been tactical enough to put himself in position to win that race, now if he cannot get a mile and a quarter thats one thing, but to chuck it like that....... Im of the opinion QR is a real chicken when he doens\'t get things his own way.   I guess the best figure horse doesn\'t win all the time, but I think its unfair to say his chances were compromised by a \"dead rail\"   The were compromised by his lack of heart and class.   Hes quick enough to get off that dead rail.  Curious to hear your thought

[TGJB]

Big Drama was able to clear and quickly get far off the rail-- watch the replay. He could gun because he was sprinting. QR was pinned, couldn\'t get off it unless he was willing to go 22 and change to clear, going 1 1/4 (they went 23 1/5). He had no chance at all. That\'s not to say he would have won otherwise, just that we have no way of knowing because of what happened.