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Originally Posted by dilanesp
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Zenyatta's critics are right that she could have and should have done a lot more, but they are wrong about how much she actually did.
Here's a simple metric on Zenyatta. And we can even throw out the synthetic races to do it (although we shouldn't). How long until another mare either wins the BC Classic or finishes second beaten a head or less? Will it be 5 years? 10 years? 20 years? 30 years?
I mean, people talk about this horse as if females are finishing second on the dirt in the BC Classic all the time. They just aren't. Heck, we had another top female a year later (Havre de Grace), really good mare, and she was up the track in the BC Classic. This isn't easy to do.
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In fairness, I don't think 3 lengths qualifies as up the track.
