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Originally Posted by HomerS
I always get a kick of the word "facts". Whether used by politicians or horseplayers.
Probably one of the few who is not a "hater" or a "zealot" of the horse. More of a bemused onlooker.
I do think it is a great opportunity to make money- betting against her.
But dont get how personal the whole thing has gotten from both sides.
If she wins (which dont think will happen) not one of her haters would say "I was wrong". They would just dig in some more. Thats the way its always gone. And if she loses (which think will be the case) you will have people saying "see" and try to discredit every race she has ever run. Which is just silly and childish.
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The thing is that, what many of the supposed detractors have pointed out wont be washed away with a win in the Classic. The weakness of her competition for the vast majority of her career and especially this year's inane schedule for a horse aiming for a horse of the year title is hardly childish or silly. I think the telling part of the argument is that when confronted with this the Zenyatta zealots don't come up with a counterpoint to the claim but launch counter attacks that we dont "appreciate greatness, she is special, you are just a hater, she is better than RA, ..."
Most of her 'detractors' make the point that we believe she is a very talented horse. But the facts are she has 2 dirt wins, 1 win over males and this year has beaten pretty much a bunch of mediocre (to be nice) fillies and yet we are supposed to rank her with Citation?