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10-30-2009, 04:24 PM
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Restricted is Not Always Lower
I was just reading something else and it struck me again how much emphasis people place on things that really aren't important. We always hear people saying how important it is for 3yos to prove themselves against older horses or for females to prove it against males and I just don't get it. Last year, Goldikova, as a 3yo filly, couldn't beat fellow 3yo filly Zarkava. So what did it prove for her to beat older males in the BC Mile? This year, Summer Bird has beaten older males in the JCGC but couldn't beat a 3yo filly in the Haskell. Zenyatta might win the BC Classic and Rachel beat older males in the Woodward but what people will remember is that they never faced each other. When will people start realizing that it's the competition that you face and how good you are that means more than the age or sex of said competition?
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