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Originally Posted by Smooth Operator
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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Wait, assumptions other than the one where her new owner said there was no way, no how, he was going to run her there? They were dodging nothing, they didn't want to run on a surface that is patently unkind to dirt horses...the classic type their star runner is.
And there is nothing to say Rachel wouldn't get 10f at all, which is a favorite trope of the Rachel bashers, but there's still little to even remotely think she couldn't get the distance.
Cue the Woodward with 9f scenarios infused into a 10f race responses.
It's really boring, for Christ's sake.