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Originally Posted by swetyejohn
He had her 10 lengths behind last year in the BC Classic. He had her 20 lengths behind this year.
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He? Watchmaker, Beyer........or did you mean .......
.......the jockey?
The BCC was the last race of the weekend, by which time everyone had plenty of notice on the horse-for-the-course angle.
The fact that Zenyatta was the
very opposite of horse for the course is what has made her so admired in defeat.
The enormity of what she accomplished is precisely what has caused opinion of her to rise exponentially. So many predicted her loss based on the fact that she had so much going against her....that closers don't remain undefeated, etc. Yet, she did what she did, with mud clods flying in her face, on a surface she didn't like.
And didn't lose by 5, 10, or 15 lengths.
(If you wanted to go back and see some hilarious things that were said before the race it sort of makes you wonder why only Zenyatta fans are called *silly* for some of the stuff they say.
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Originally Posted by CJ
Oh, now it was the track...it never ends. That was a biased track?
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I did not use the term biased. Look again.
CDX, based on surface, consistency, or Zen's lack of early speed and running style----did not favor Zenyatta---who thought it did? How many closers are undeafeated?
But so much for "avoiding places you might not win" complaints, huh?
Losing a race is not so terrible after all.
For her, it certainly hasn't been, as I said above.
