Not that I mind the girl is taking a break, we all know she has more than earned it, but now my dreams of her going to the Breeder's Cup to finally test Zenyatta or go and romp with the boys again is dashed. Perhaps it's just my gut, but if she had one in either race (which she probably would have, synthetic track or not) that could have, would have, secured her with a Horse of the Year, and easily best filly...but she's getting that one anyway.
But anyway...while I was reading this article, something just stuck out that reminded me of those two legends many years ago...
"Now that Rachel Alexandra has defeated older males in the Woodward, Jackson acknowledged that a showdown with the undefeated mare Zenyatta was less appealing to him. "It was never high on my agenda because I don't think Zenyatta wants to run in the East and we're not going to run in the West," he said. "They have a hell of a horse, and if she finishes up never defeated that's a great result to shoot for." The New York Racing Association was trying to stage a Zenyatta-Rachel matchup in the Beldame, by getting Betfair/TVG to sponsor a purse enhancement to the race that would have made it a $1 million race."
Take it how you will, I just experience a little deja vous. Extremely talented young horse owned by well know rich, racing people in the East not really caring to take on another great horse in the West...obviously there are many a differences...but you get my point. A match-up between the two would be interesting, and just like the first race, I don't know whose side I would really be on...cuzz let me tell you...I would have lost two bucks on the Seabiscuit vs War Admiral race...
This is what I would like to see. I have already suggested that this be the anticipated race: Zenyatta vs. Rachael Alexandra; just like Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral.
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