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Originally Posted by Spalding No!

Bayakoa, Paseana, Personal Ensign, Susan's Girl, Gorgeous, Rags To Riches, Rachel Alexandra, Althea, Life's Magic, Lady's Secret, Chris Evert, Chou Croute, Cascapedia, Dahlia, Davona Dale, Silverbulletday, Excellent Meeting, Desert Vixen, La Prevoyante, Late Bloomer, My Juliet, Our Mims, Revidere, Shuvee, Ta Wee, Typecast, Waya, What A Summer, Before Dawn, Brave Raj, Christmas Past, Family Style, Glorious Song, Gold Beauty, Relaxing, Princess Rooney, Safely Kept, Sacahuista, Track Robbery, Winning Colors, Azeri, Serena's Song, Heavenly Prize, Dance Smartly, Eliza, Meadow Star, Surfside, Sharp Cat, Sweet Catomine, Life Is Sweet, My Flag, Xtra Heat,...

That's a weird list. Not going to go through all of them, but Personal Ensign, Rachel Alexandra, and Lady's Secret all ducked BC Classics that they would have gotten crushed in. Bayakoa, Lady's Secret, and Azeri got crushed pretty bad in big stakes races against colts. Rags, Althea, Brave Raj, Family Style, Winning Colors, Serena's Song, Meadow Star, and Sharp Cat didn't have careers remotely like Zenyatta.

I mean, you do mention a number of mares I would consider all-time greats-- Chris Evert, Dahlia, Shuvee, Princess Rooney, and Dance Smartly were all the real deal, for instance. But Zenyatta's career, and especially her two BC Classics, compare pretty strongly with those mares' best races.