When healthy horses are held out of world-class championship events we have no choice but to make assumptions, letswastemoney.
Unfortunately, despite her impressive achievements, RA never proved that she could handle a horse of Z's quality … or that she could stay the classic 10f distance.
Z was older and stronger and likely would've gotten to RA … even on a dry dirt surface, imo.
And I don't believe people are "letting their emotions get away" with Z. Her Classic was a powerful, impressive performance by any objective measure.
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