“Blame BARELY beat Zenyatta.”
So. Zenyatta “barely” won most of her races against tiny fields. And except for Gio Ponti (a grass horse) she had never beaten anybody worth noting. Not to mention her speed figures were not that great.
Now I like Zenyatta, and her record speaks for itself, but I don’t think she is the second coming of Regret.
Who said she was? She was named HOY because of her overall record and because she was retiring. Kinscem would be the better comparison than Regret. She was undefeated in 56 races.