A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Zookeeper — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:32:44 GMT

Dr Drunkinbum,

I finally figured it out. Duh! Great post! It never occured to me that this blog was still alive. Good grief! I looked a little futher back and realized that Mary in VT came slithering back. It's funny how people recognized her in spite of her "clever" disguise. The viper style is unmistakable.

Loved your little bedtime story!

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

sodapopkid — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:22:06 GMT

I love it Dr. Drunkenbum.

It is so sweet. and thats coming from a man.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Dr Drunkinbum — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:05:41 GMT

THE SCENE: The barn at Oaklawn. It's late at night, quiet, the only thing we hear are the crickets.

Zenyatta: John?

John Shirreffs: Yes Zenyatta?

Zenyatta: I was looking all over for Rachel today. I wanted to size up the competition. Where is she?

John: Uh, she's not here Zenyatta.

Zenyatta: What do you mean she's not here?

John: I think they went to Churchill.

Zenyatta: Can't we track her down using that ABS System or whatever it's called?

John: It's GPS. We might get to Churchill later this year but she'll probably be somewhere else by then. Forget about it.

Zenyatta: Yeah, fuggit about it.

John: Listen, you still have a race to run, you'd better get some sleep.

Zenyatta: Yeah, run. I do a little dance. Mike sings a little song. Then it's shake, shake, shake.

Zenyatta and John: (singing together) Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake your saddle. Shake your saddle. (both start laughing)

John: Get some sleep.

Zenyatta: You got enough hay to pad your bed?

John: Quit worrying about me. I'll be fine. Get some sleep.

Zenyatta: Good night. (pause)

Zenyatta: I love you John.

John: I love you too Zenyatta. (both are trying to sleep)

Zenyatta: John?

John: Yes Zenyatta?

Zenyatta: I can't sleep. Can you sing me that song that helps me sleep?

John: OK. (John sings) Love me tender, love me true, all my dreams fulfilled, for my darling I love you, and I always will. (Zenyatta is snoring. John gets up to get some more hay to pad his bed) THE END

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Doc-boatrocker — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:27:02 GMT

Aluminaut, with all due respect, passive/aggressive is a psychiatric-pop psychology term created in the 80's--at one time was a psychiatric diagnosis--then it was removed from the DSM IIII in the 90's as the term was deemed inappropriate. Thus, the term was totally removed--it is not used in the educated field of psychiatry and it means nothing. I suggest you should do some investigating on the terms you use instead of showing your age stating a "textbook example." Stick to horseracing. I will take your advice and use this forum as intended and not for P. Thank you for your advice.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

boatrocker — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:55:03 GMT

Who is anonymous? It is the Boatrocker. I am a fan of both Z and RA; RA for her fantastic 2009 year. Z is very endearing--the way she reacted with the autistic child? She won my heart that day. The old boatrocker actually cried a few.

Barbaro, please change your name. You are disrespecting one of the greatest horses to have ever lived every time you send a blog using the great Barbaro's name. How arrogant of you. Where are you from in California? Change it to Zenyatta2 or something like that. Please, out of respect for Barbaro.

And Sodapop, there will always be a new "kid" in town, even though you don't want to hear it!

I am grateful for what the two horses have done for racing because just like in the time of Seabiscuit, times were hard in the USA and horseracing gave people something to get their minds off their troubles and Lord knows California has boo koo troubles.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

boatrocker — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:27:38 GMT

agree with zayr . . . Z belongs in CA . . . and she is a remarkable creature which says a lot for her Street Cry. But after watching her last race, she startled more than one horse and any other horse there should have been an inquiry or two; she know she's queen and I pray there doesn't come a point when she is a danger to other horses and their riders . . . and I am a Z fan. Her footwork was amazing especially for a horse her size, but I'm being honest, it was kind of scary to watch the field play out.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Aluminaut — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:52:24 GMT

Comment from Anonymous is unbelievable....Textbook example of passive/aggressive.

Actually, the comments sound like someone's read various articles and blogs, and then spun the info to suit their purposes.

Blogs are for history, handicapping, fun, and controversy. Not for politics or other P stuff.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Soldier Course — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:50:39 GMT

Zookeeper:

I'd like to see Odysseus win, for Malibu Moon's sake.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Footlick — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:45:40 GMT

bossmare- Congrats! Great name. Hope he does well. Good luck. I'll keep watching. We stumbled on upon an absinthe bar in Paris. There were about 100 bottles and it was amazing. They have a huge machine that drips ice cold water into the absinthe glass once the proper amount of absinthe is in it. It was quite an experience.

:-) :-) :-)

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

bossmare — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:08:47 GMT

Footlick,

From your post dated 17 March 2010 at 1239 am....

Thanks!! I thought of it clever myself and saved the name until they legalized absinthe again in the US.

:-)

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Mike Relva — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:04:23 GMT

No doubt,it's MARY IN VT. She thinks she's clever but not smart enough to hide under another name. lol

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

sodapopkid — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:24:08 GMT

So who do you think anonymous is?

ANSWER:

..A RABID RACHELITE...

They all sound alike, don't they,

EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES....

And are so jealous of the Mighty Mare that they constantly putting her down.

RABID RACHELITE'S, ZENYATTA IS 15-0, AND YOUR FILLY IS WHAT?????

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

CV — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:55:28 GMT

Mike,

Who knows? But it reads a lot like our friend in Vermont, who insisted right after the Santa Margarita that Zenyatta had interfered with another horse.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

LAZMANNICK — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:53:14 GMT

Mike Relva

I think anonymous is a woman (she mentioned a husband). Other than that I don't know and don't want to hazzard a guess.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Mike Relva — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:07:35 GMT

LAZMANNICK

That was a good one! So who do you think anonymous is? lol

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

LAZMANNICK — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:35:02 GMT

anonymous

No one made comments about Dave's BLOG because no one really cares what he has to say. Maybe you should play the snail races down in Mexico. At least there you don't have to fret about some big snail cutting in front of another because they have at least twenty minutes to react.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

LAZMANNICK — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:30:48 GMT

ANONYMOUS:

Please note that the rider didn't claim foul. To think that they backed off because it's Zenyatta is too much. As far as being aggressive and changing course, horses do it every day, in fact, almost every race. It's called riding to win a race which is exactly what the bettors expect the riders to do.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Blind Squirrel — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:20:05 GMT

AnonalottaBS.....cuckoo....cuckoo....cuckoo.

From an RA fan.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

CV — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:08:25 GMT

"I don't want to "awefulize" her race, but Zen is scary. I pray my worst fear, after watching her sheer aggression when she didn't have an opening, on the track never comes to pass."--anonymous

A "Zen fan?" Yeah. We can see that. We can also see you're probably someone who consistently bashes Zenyatta under another name.

There was no call of "interference" on the race because Z didn't interfere with Pretty Katherine, whom she jumped ahead of, because Pretty Katherine was running backwards at that point.

Look at the replay. PK doesn't flinch and her jockey doesn't react at all. Likewise, there was no interference with Chantal Sutherland riding Pretty Unusual, who was being whipped but couldn't go on, as Zenyatta raced by her.

Why do people have to make up this stuff to bash Zenyatta? It never ceases to amaze me.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Mike Relva — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:46:41 GMT

ANONYMOUS,AKA MARY IN VT

When you stated you're "a fan" of Zenyatta,SODAPOPKID is correct,it's alot of BS!!!

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Footlick — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:10:26 GMT

anonymous- Rules by fear? Her tactics? She went through a hole at the rail. She didn't knock anyone over to do it. No horse broke stride. She didn't endanger any horse. She has never bullied any horse on the track. Do you want her to ask permission of every horse in the race first? "Hey everyone, I'm here on the inside and there is a hole at the rail that I can get through, so I'm going through. Just want to let you know!" She is not a danger to anybody. Jockeys in Southern California are not afraid to claim foul, and neither are the trainers. Even if it is Zenyatta.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

sodapopkid — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:07:06 GMT

ANONYMOUS:

What is wrong with her being down right scarry as you put it, What you should be acknowledging is the fact that Zenyatta is "Just down right good", is what she is.

You claim to be a Zenyatta fan, BS is what that is....

Zenyatta is all that and a whole lot more....better than the "Other Filly", we keep talking about.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

anonymous — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:48:14 GMT

TO DAVE: One of the early blogs, by Dave on 3-14-10, thank you Dave for having the guts to say what I have thought ever since seeing Zen's 2010 race--any other horse someone would have called interference in the stretch & would have been dropped--she startled at last one horse causing that horse to lose ground (although Zen's footwork was impressive); I turned to my husband and said "WHOA", she is intimidating and "rules" by fear and her size. Hopefully she may never be allowed to be dangerous to other riders and horses causing a breakdown with her "tactics." Good catch, Dave. Notice no comments about your blog. And I am a Zen fan. I don't want to "awefulize" her race, but Zen is scary. I pray my worst fear, after watching her sheer aggression when she didn't have an opening, on the track never comes to pass. All through the history of the sport there are horses who intimidate their opposition but usually by staring down another horse to get past, but she can be described as a freight train coming down that track, downright scary.

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Greg J. — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:09:49 GMT

Funny farm intern,

Too Funny! Are you sure you don't have more "patients" that post comments here? Thanks for the laugh...

re: A New Top 10 and Thoughts on Rachel/Zenyatta

Zookeeper — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:12:09 GMT

funny farm intern,

I suggest that you spend as little time as possible with your patient. A few people on this blog have caught a case of his insanity and their comments are the spitting image of his. BEWARE!