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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Rachel had a real campaign that year...she didn't sit in NY beating tomato-can fillies all year...she won races like the Preakness and Haskell and Woodward...you know...against boys.
So by the time the BC Classic rolls around, she's done...everyone admits she was done...she was actually never the same again.
Combine that, with the crap synth track, and there was no ducking...it just wasn't happening...to say her connections ducked the BC Classic is right up there with saying Arrogate didn't have a massively bad trip in the DWC.
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Funny...I was here throughout that epic Rachel campaign...and no Rachel fan here ever suggested at that time that Rachel was "done" at the end of it. Even when Rachel started "underperforming" during the early stages of her 4-year old campaign, the excuses were coming rapid-fire from her "fanboys"...especially when her connections "ducked" the much-anticipated Zenyatta/Rachel showdown on the dirt at Oaklawn.
When was it exactly that you concluded that Rachel was "done", Mike...and why did you keep this observation a secret from us here?
