Too bad, I was rooting for Zenyatta
I missed the race. Do you have video?
“Retired to stud...” Oh, happy day.
Zenyatta didn’t make a move for an entire mile.
Should have been moving up sooner.
Poorly run race that could have been won.
A good loss anyway. It was a spectacular run, truly magnificent—one more stride and she would have had him. What a splendid girl.
But the important thing is that she finished sound! Surely that is all that’s truly important. I didn’t want to see one more horse leave the track in an ambulance. Tomorrow she’s going to get back on that amazing van and go someplace to relax and fatten up until breeding season starts. Then she’ll meet her first babydaddy, probably in the neighborhood of Churchill Downs. And she’ll live happily ever after.
But this race, maybe more than any other she has run, showed she is a real champion. It's too bad that owners think there is some disgrace in losing. Sure, if she ran eighth today, maybe it would have tarnished her reputation a bit, be to my mind this race only enhanced it.
(BTW, I bet on Blame and two others, not Zenyatta, so I wasn't disappointed by the result. And I also had Dakota Phone at 37-1 so it was a very nice day for me.)
ML/NJ
I was cheering for First Dude.
I learned one thing today. I am really lousy at handicapping horse races. I’m very glad I didn’t put any money on any of them.
Jockey failure.
He waited just a sencond or two too long “turn her loose.”
Beautiful horse.
With all the hype she was bound to lose.
Has anybody seen her birth certificate?