NTRA votes Drosselmeyer win voted 2011 Moment of the Year

[Man o' Taz]

Well at least the Bloodhorse got it right.. LOL

Their top moment of the year was Blind Luck's nail-biting win over soon-to-be Horse of the Year Havre De Grace in the Del Cap...

Drosselmeyer win voted 2011 Moment of the Year By Sports Network By Sports Network
Updated: 2012-01-13T16:00:52Z
For the third straight year, the running of the Breeders' Cup Classic has been voted the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Moment of the Year.


Here are the remaining nominated moments with percentages:
- Game on Dude and Chantal Sutherland survive 10 furlongs and a 12-minute stewards' inquiry in capturing the Santa Anita Handicap. (three percent)
- Rosie Napravnik guides Pants on Fire to victory in the Louisiana Derby en route to becoming the first woman to win a Fair Grounds riding title. (one percent)
- Uncle Mo suffers his first defeat, running third behind Toby's Corner in Aqueduct's Wood Memorial. (one percent)
- Animal Kingdom runs down his foes in the Kentucky Derby. (five percent)
- Shackleford overcomes pre-race nervousness to hold off Animal Kingdom in the Preakness. (two percent)
- Blind Luck prevails by a nose over Havre de Grace following a stretch-long duel in the Delaware Handicap. (14 percent)
- Caleb's Posse catches a stubborn Uncle Mo in the King's Bishop Stakes at Saratoga. (two percent)
- Havre de Grace beats the boys in Saratoga's Woodward Stakes. (nine percent)
- Joseph O'Brien, 18, becomes the youngest jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race, piloting St. Nicholas Abbey to victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf for his father, Aidan O'Brien. (six percent)
- Court Vision spoils Goldikova's attempt at a fourth consecutive Breeders' Cup Mile win, upsetting the field at 64-1. (two percent)
- Rapid Redux breaks a North American record by winning his 20th consecutive race. (nine percent)

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/13...#storylink=cpy

[gravano]

I would put even Caleb's BC win over this. By the way there's a great article on the Von Hemel dynasty in the DRF.

[Ballerina]

I can't remember if I voted for Rapid Redux or Havre De Grace beating the boys in the Woodward.

[Ty88]

People must've gotten mixed up and voted for the "Oh crap, who? Let me see your Form" of the year.

[Curlin]

I would have voted for BL vs HdG myself. Oy.

[Epiphany]

I would have voted for BL vs HdG myself. Oy.

But since five people saw that and the masses saw the BC, they voted for BC.

[Man o' Taz]

But since five people saw that and the masses saw the BC, they voted for BC.

There were more than 5 people at Delaware Park on the afternoon of July 16th...

Wasn't attendance way down at the BC this year...while it was up for the Del Cap...

Churchill Downs also saw a significant decline in attendance on Saturday compared to last year, from 72,739 in 2010 to 65,143 this year. Both declines in attendance and handle can be attributed in large part to the surges last year created by Zenyatta’s historic attempt to retire undefeated with a second Classic win.
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/br...show-declines/

I was there for Zenyatta last year at the BC...and declined to go this year...many folks likely felt the same way...

The estimated attendance was much greater than it was for last year's effort...
http://colinsghost.org/2011/07/delaw...icap-2011.html

15,000 this year...

And I was there last year for the DelCap and it did not have near the crowd it did this year...

[Horsebagger]

There were more than 5 people at Delaware Park on the afternoon of July 16th...

Wasn't attendance way down at the BC this year...while it was up for the Del Cap...

Churchill Downs also saw a significant decline in attendance on Saturday compared to last year, from 72,739 in 2010 to 65,143 this year. Both declines in attendance and handle can be attributed in large part to the surges last year created by Zenyatta’s historic attempt to retire undefeated with a second Classic win.
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/br...show-declines/

I was there for Zenyatta last year at the BC...and declined to go this year...many folks likely felt the same way...

The estimated attendance was much greater than it was for last year's effort...
http://colinsghost.org/2011/07/delaw...icap-2011.html

15,000 this year...

And I was there last year for the DelCap and it did not have near the crowd it did this year...

What was the national television rating for the DelCap in 2011?

[Little Watermelon]

He won 46% of the votes...a mandate.

Hail Drosselmeyer!

[Epiphany]

You know Man o' Taz, if there is a Moment of Obtuse Poster of the Year award, I don't think you even stand a vote. Just engrave it with "MOT" and go.

I was going to start to explain humor (but when you do that you know you've already failed to be funny to the audience at hand) or I was going to seriously explain that the voters in NTRA Moment of the Year didn't attend either race by and large, they watched on TV if they watched at all, and the Del Cap could only be found up the dial on a horseracing channel. I could even explain the difference between 65k and 15k in live attendance if I thought that was relevant, which it isn't.

But really, why, I could just beat my head against a brick wall and lose less blood than I would trying to converse with you here, right?

[Man o' Taz]

You know Man o' Taz, if there is a Moment of Obtuse Poster of the Year award, I don't think you even stand a vote. Just engrave it with "MOT" and go.

I was going to start to explain humor (but when you do that you know you've already failed to be funny to the audience at hand) or I was going to seriously explain that the voters in NTRA Moment of the Year didn't attend either race by and large, they watched on TV if they watched at all, and the Del Cap could only be found up the dial on a horseracing channel. I could even explain the difference between 65k and 15k in live attendance if I thought that was relevant, which it isn't.

But really, why, I could just beat my head against a brick wall and lose less blood than I would trying to converse with you here, right?

Depends on the type of bricks...

He won 46% of the votes...a mandate.

Hail Drosselmeyer!

Well, that is more than Bill Clinton got in '92...LOL

[PerfectSoul]

Grace and Blind Luck in the Delaware was my pick. Two great campaigners slugging it out and running their brains out right down to the wire. I love both of these mares, and their "rivalry" provided me with much entertainment last year.

[haley296]

I dont know.....I thought Gracie winning the Woodward was the moment of the year

[Man o' Taz]

I dont know.....I thought Gracie winning the Woodward was the moment of the year

I think that deserves second...just because as impressive as it was the result was never in doubt whereas the result in the Del Cap...you just didn't know...at least I didn't...

I'd put the BC Classic result down around 5 or 6...

I would put Caleb's Posse's win in the BC Dirt Mile third...

And I thought either Hansen's or My Miss Aurelia's performance in the BC was pretty spectacular for fourth...BC two year olds...

Sixth I'd put Royal Delta's Ladies Classic even though she was the favorite...

Seventh - Animal Kingdom's Kentucky Derby...

Eight...Uncle Mo's Kelso...

Ninth...Cape Blanco win in at Arlington...

Tenth....Acclamation's Pacific Classic...

[haley296]

I think that deserves second...just because as impressive as it was the result was never in doubt whereas the result in the Del Cap...you just didn't know...at least I didn't...

I'd put the BC Classic result down around 5 or 6...

I would put Caleb's Posse's win in the BC Dirt Mile third...

And I thought either Hansen's or My Miss Aurelia's performance in the BC was pretty spectacular for fourth...BC two year olds...

Sixth I'd put Royal Delta's Ladies Classic even though she was the favorite...

Seventh - Animal Kingdom's Kentucky Derby...

Eight...Uncle Mo's Kelso...

Ninth...Cape Blanco win in at Arlington...

Tenth....Acclamation's Pacific Classic...

Agreed.....like 5th or 6th

[Thinair]

These are the same fans that praised Zenyatta as the savior of the game. So now people don't like their choice. It doesn't make them more or less knowledgable about the game.

Before people get too hysterical, think about it.

[Somnambulist]

It was definitely the biggest *** moment of the year. Or at least when I found at the results it was more like "really, again?". It could be worse. I think I voted for MTB's Derby for similar reasons.

[Rick1323]

Come on.....to the NTRA is there ever a bigger moment than the BCC?

[Epiphany]

Come on.....to the NTRA is there ever a bigger moment than the BCC?

The NTRA has no love lost for BC, Rick. And the vote, stuffed or not, is made by fans.

Thinair, you made me think that the moment of the year should have been Zenyatta winning HOY last January. Her disciples whiffed one.

[Thinair]

The NTRA has no love lost for BC, Rick. And the vote, stuffed or not, is made by fans.

Thinair, you made me think that the moment of the year should have been Zenyatta winning HOY last January. Her disciples whiffed one.

You have to come up to bat in order to strike out.