Very brave article about Goldikova at DRF today...

[letswastemoney]

http://drf.com/news/biggest-star-bre...l-be-goldikova

Headline reads...Biggest star at Breeders' Cup will be Goldikova. Interesting that I can't find the author anywhere on the page.

It's for his own physical safety though I assume.

***edit they added on the author after I read it the first time

[Dahoss9698]

I thought this was the best part of the article:

Naysayers will point out Zenyatta’s perfect 19-for-19 record, but without disparaging what she has accomplished, it must be pointed out that Zenyatta has been dodging top-quality competition for most of her career. Had she been challenging and beating the best of the breed the way Goldikova has done since the middle of her 3-year-old campaign, Zenyatta backers might have an argument. But her stay-at-home Southern California campaigns at the ages of 4, 5, and 6 against a modest bunch of fillies and mares paints her as a provincial champion with only a single world-class performance to her credit, that when beating one of the weaker Breeders’ Cup Classic fields last year in her backyard at Santa Anita.

Goldikova, on the other hand, has never dodged the best of her own generation, the best of the previous generation, or the best of the next generation. Nor has she evaded males of any age. Nor has she stayed home in the Paris region and waited for horses to come to her.

Hard to argue with any of those points.

[JBmadera]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

http://drf.com/news/biggest-star-bre...l-be-goldikova

Headline reads...Biggest star at Breeders' Cup will be Goldikova. Interesting that I can't find the author anywhere on the page.

It's for his own physical safety though I assume.

Alan Shuback.....and why would he need to concerned about his safety?

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by JBmadera

Alan Shuback.....and why would he need to concerned about his safety?

The author wasn't there when I looked at it the first time. They must have just added it on.

I'm glad to see who wrote it though! I like knowing which authors I could trust.

[Irish Boy]

I could have told you who wrote it just by looking at the headline. Shuback has made a healthy career of pimping European horses and European racing at every opportunity. He's not always wrong, but he's quite biased.

[Charlie D]

Seems to make some excellent points in the part Dahoss has posted, so i'd give article a

[cpitt84]

Great article. I enjoy reading about goldikova.

[Dahoss9698]

Originally Posted by Irish Boy

I could have told you who wrote it just by looking at the headline. Shuback has made a healthy career of pimping European horses and European racing at every opportunity. He's not always wrong, but he's quite biased.

I agree with everything say here. He's biased towards Europeans, no doubt and for the most part can't stand him. However, most of the points he has made here are valid.

[PhantomOnTour]

Goldikova's career is the example of how to campaign a champion. Travel and face the best boys and girls on their turf, your turf, any turf. Not scared to lose...we will remember her wins and not those few setbacks when it's all over.
Shuback is right, but Zen will get the most hype. She's a champ in her own right, but imo Goldy has had the better career because of her owner. Who knows what Zen really could have done??? We've had the pleasure of finding that out with Goldikova.

[OTM Al]

She's incredible and the reason I've decided to go the BC even though I'm going to have to drive 12 hrs to get there. The BC Mile this year may shape up to be one of the best races in the world this year as far as talent goes if the Europeans all do show up.

Said it before and will say it again. She was the best filly/mare to run in the States last year and will be again this.

BTW if you didn't realize it, Shuback is the international racing correspondent for DRF so what do you expect him to write?

[Irish Boy]

Like I said, I don't necessarily disagree with what he wrote here.

Seattle Slew could be reanimated from the dead and entered into the BC Classic, and Shuback would have an article about how that's an interesting story, but the REAL story is just how weak the zombie Seattle Slew is on grass.

[the little guy]

Originally Posted by Irish Boy

Like I said, I don't necessarily disagree with what he wrote here.

Seattle Slew could be reanimated from the dead and entered into the BC Classic, and Shuback would have an article about how that's an interesting story, but the REAL story is just how weak the zombie Seattle Slew is on grass.

Judging by his accomplishments as a sire he might have been one helluva turf horse.


But, you're right.

[Charlie D]

OK


Although the author makes some excellent points he seems to fail to mention Goldikova has not faced horses from dowin under or been to far east. Now to be considered "best in world" should you not have to have took on and beaten the rest of the world???

Seems author is doing exactly the same as Zen fans, in that he too, is over-hyping a horse.

[ArlJim78]

I don't believe that many knowledgable Zenyatta fans would disagree with Shuback. Goldikova is the biggest star at this show. Naturally she's not getting the hype like Zenyatta, but her record speaks for itself.

[ronsmac]

Goldikova is a big star, but she's just a miler in Europe which is almost like a 6f horse over here. The true classic european horses are 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 types, thus she's not the true star in my opinion.