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10-21-2010, 09:14 PM
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Racing Superstar Zenyatta will be Featured on CBS Television’s 60 Minutes on Oct. 31
http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/zixty-minutez/
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Sunday night before the Breeders’ Cup championships are held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The appearance on the highly rated, long-running news magazine is the kind of exposure that few human athletes ever receive, much less a horse racing star. Whether Zenyatta wins or loses in her final career start in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 6, the industry and the Breeders’ Cup surely have to be ecstatic that Queen Z’s connections brought her back after almost retiring her last year. Her appearance means tremendous exposure for horse racing and the Breeders’ Cup. 60 Minutes has averaged 13.7 million viewers per episode this year, according to USA Today.
Last edited by andymays; 10-21-2010 at 09:28 PM.
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10-21-2010, 09:16 PM
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Anyone still think you're gonna see 5-2 on Zenyatta?
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10-21-2010, 09:29 PM
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Landing a spot like this is huge. Score one for the Z camp.
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10-21-2010, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Bullet Plane
Landing a spot like this is huge. Score one for the Z camp.
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This is great. Can't wait to watch.
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10-21-2010, 09:50 PM
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Andy Rooney will ride her around Central Park.
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10-22-2010, 12:09 AM
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Anyone still think you're gonna see 5-2 on Zenyatta?
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I still feel she'll go off at 2-1 odds.
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10-22-2010, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom
Andy Rooney will ride her around Central Park.
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It will help him relive memories of when he did the same with Man O' War
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10-22-2010, 12:14 AM
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Anyone still think you're gonna see 5-2 on Zenyatta?
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8-5 low, 2-1 high, that's my range, and I'm sticking to it...
Anything below that is nuts.
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10-22-2010, 02:44 AM
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8-5 low, 2-1 high, that's my range, and I'm sticking to it...
Anything below that is nuts.
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I think she'll be more like 6/5 now that 60 minutes is doing a piece. We'll see.
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10-22-2010, 02:51 AM
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Landing a spot like this is huge. Score one for the Z camp.
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You mean 'a spot like this' means much and this is 'one' score?
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10-22-2010, 08:22 AM
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It is a big score for horse racing. Now if we could just get them to do a story on of the "whales" to excite betters.
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10-22-2010, 08:58 AM
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This is great for the sport. The show usually has 3 segments if I remember correctly (haven't watched in years) and each segment runs about 10 minutes. This should hype up the BC quite a bit; the Classic in particular.
Predicting that we will have a "Z" bridge jumper in the show pool and that she will run out. I may have to crack open the piggy bank to go against her.
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10-22-2010, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by cj's dad
This is great for the sport. The show usually has 3 segments if I remember correctly (haven't watched in years) and each segment runs about 10 minutes. This should hype up the BC quite a bit; the Classic in particular.
Predicting that we will have a "Z" bridge jumper in the show pool and that she will run out. I may have to crack open the piggy bank to go against her.
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I agree. I think people are going to be surprised how much is bet on Zenyatta, particularly because she's going on 60 minutes so close to the race. We will probably see something close to even money on her in the Classic. Maybe 6-5.
Last edited by andymays; 10-22-2010 at 09:05 AM.
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10-22-2010, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by cj's dad
This is great for the sport. The show usually has 3 segments if I remember correctly (haven't watched in years) and each segment runs about 10 minutes. This should hype up the BC quite a bit; the Classic in particular.
Predicting that we will have a "Z" bridge jumper in the show pool and that she will run out. I may have to crack open the piggy bank to go against her.
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nice math. 3 segments at 10 minutes per. I guess you were watching the show 30 minutes. Don't take too much out of the piggy bank either. Zen rolls
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10-22-2010, 09:19 AM
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If something should happen and Zenyatta doesn't race, or doesn't win, this, and the entire BC marketing campaign of focusing solely on her, will go down in the annals of horseracing as one of the most counterproductive disasters in promotion.
Which is why I say she's a 100% lock. The leadership at BC, Limited couldn't be so foolish as to go all in like this (the promotion started in March or April) without some kind of guarantee of her success, could they?
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