Quote Originally Posted by Happy Endings View Post
My preference is for RR because he ran the whole year and made a name for himself THIS YEAR. Mo made his name a year ago and didn't do anything this year to build on that. His fan base is a holdover from the previous year. I doubt he earned many new fans this year. And the award is about contribution to racing THIS year. But yes, let's give the award to the horse who's claim to fame this year is that he suffered from a rare illness, which generated a boat load of press coverage. These are the facts you are ignoring.

But I know that Mo is your darling. I get it. So vote for him already.
I actually think I currently prefer Goldikova for the award. Not sure yet.

And if you think Uncle Mo only received press coverage because he suffered from a rare illness, I'm 100% correct in my statement that the first 5-6 months of the year may as well have happened in another decade.