Zenyatta

Hardly anything gives me the thrill of watching a great horse race and yesterday was no different. My heart was pounding out of my chest. But, once again my hopes are crushed. Like watching Smarty Jones run down at Belmont in 2005, Zenyatta could not deliver with the world pulling for her. Her style of trailing the field could not have been worse against 11 world-class males whom she would have to get around in the home stretch. She passed 10 of them and would probably have gotten Blame also with another furlong. I doubt any male could beat her in a match race. She certainly made history and brought some needed attention to a sufferring sport.

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