Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta set for Apple Blossom confrontation

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Originally Posted by Revidere

Yes, defeating Gulch and King's Swan was the immortal equivalent of vanquishing Man O'War and Secretariat. Why go West?

why go east

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Revidere

Yes, defeating Gulch and King's Swan was the immortal equivalent of vanquishing Man O'War and Secretariat. Why go West?

Gulch and Kings Swan were probably better than any horse Zenyatta or RA has faced

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Originally Posted by Danzig

another conspiracy...


seriously, this illustrates why so often they can't get top horses together. everything has to be exactly perfect, or someone backs out. it's a shame they couldn't meet last year, when both were doing so well. jack/ass tried to rush rachel back, and she gets defeated. so now she's tarnished and not going to the apple blossom, rather then them telling charles cella that it wasn't in the cards. here's hoping she gets back to where she was last year, and that a confrontation can still occur.

how do you get rushed in 7 months?

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Gulch and Kings Swan were probably better than any horse Zenyatta or RA has faced

I dont think its a stretch to say Winning Colors and maybe Goodbye Halo were as well.

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

how do you get rushed in 7 months?

you're kidding, right? rachel wasn't in training the last seven months. cella came calling, so they tried to bring her back from doing nothing to race-ready in a short amount of time. so, now they'll bring her along and race her when she's ready, rather than trying to force their schedule on her.

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I dont think its a stretch to say Winning Colors and maybe Goodbye Halo were as well.

quite possibly

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Phalaris1913

You forgot that, yet you remember Personal Ensign being HOY? (She was not.) Interesting revisionist history.

After midnight and after a long day of racing, the titles won 20 years ago start to blur. But hey, Sparky, you must have had lump in your throat yesterday while watching Zenyatta roar past the great Dance To My Tune.