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When the great ones are faced with a nightmare trip/setup they do something that other horses can't do and still win.
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Perfect criteria for greatness!
That is why so many people were big Zenyatta fans. They didn't know speed figs, they had no idea what class was, no idea about artificial surfaces, but they did understand this big freight train hopelessly beaten and then just getting up in time.
Arogate in the Dubai race, he took the lemon he got and made lemonade and poured it ober Baffert's head. Afleet Alex at the top of the stretch......
All more impressive than just goin out and winning wire to wire.