Rags!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by miraja2

What she did today was quite impressive, and she deserves to be praised for it. It was an exciting race and she performed very well.
Although I doubted this filly a bit before the Oaks, I have liked her ever sense her performance that day so I am BEGGING people on here to avoid saying things like "she beat a freak in Curlin" and that she is better than any filly other than Kincsem and Ruffian. Don't make me start rooting against this filly because of the nonsensical over-hype (see Bernardini last year).
She is a very good filly, and MAYBE someday she will rank among the all-time greats. But if Curlin is a freak, our definition of a "freak" has changed dramatically. And how in the world could she rank higher than someone like (to name just one example) Personal Ensign? Personal Ensign was 13 for 13 lifetime, including 8 G1s over three years, AND beat the boys in the Whitney.
Any ranking of all-time great fillies that had Rags over Personal Ensign right now would be.....well.....just plain wrong.

Post race excitement and the fact a filly won the Belmont. When people see they walked the first half of the race, it will die down. But it was a hell of a competitive race. The 3 TC races this year were a joy to watch. This was a good year. And it was a great race even if it was not a race to put any sane person in physical awe of these horses. The stamina was nice to see though. In fact, I think they may have run Jazil fractions. I leave that for somebody to determine.