GreenasGrass

OK I took on the challenge of writing a piece on why Zenyatta should be horse of the year without all the silly, deliberately emotive, broad based sweeping rants I'm seeing in far too many pro Zenyatta articles these days. Here it is: The Eclipse awards could loosely define the criterion for the Horse of the Year award as the most outstanding horse in a calendar year. Outstanding is defined as “Superior to others of it’s kind, distinguished” Certainly, that describes Zenyatta. In 2010 Zenyatta ...

Originally Posted by Ty88

The favorite got squeezed out of the gate, trailed by twenty lengths, and got blocked on the final turn. That's damn good luck, I wish my long bets got that kind of luck every day.

Acknowledge what happened in the race. You can both notice Zenyatta's troubles and praise Blame for a brilliant run. They aren't exclusive. At least not to me. Blame ran a brilliant, winning race. He deserves an Eclipse. He also had racing luck. He made his luck, as Zenyatta made her bad luck, but it was

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