Her meeting with BND was not her last race, but, here's a little snippet of their meeting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7nBbPe0R7M
Sorry, John. My point was that when great fillies are discussed, Genuine Risk, rightfully so, will get her due. But, in 1980, as I was watching that campaign, Bold N Determined was a monster in her own right. She won the Kentucky Oaks. But, no one will ever mention her as being great, because she was overshadowed that year. They did meet once, in Genuine Risk's final race, and BND won that one, even though it was ever so close. In conclusion, no disrespect to Genuine Risk. Just trying to let people know of the "other" filly.
That's called an excuse. I believe that Rachel won 3 races in her 3YO campaign that were in the slop. She won 3 races by nearly 20 lengths. She beat the boys 3 times. And, the Mother Goose that is referred to, was a track record that was broken, that was held by Ruffian, that stood for 35 years. It is the only track record held by Ruffian that has been eclipsed. All the others still stand. And, so it goes.
travel_vic: You state she showed up at Hot Springs. How come she scratched @ Churchill the day that Rachel romped in the Ky Oaks? Showed up, but couldn't run.
Not listed, but a filly by the name of Agave Kiss. She's made some noise in the east, and wouldn't it be unbelievable that two consecutive years, you have a horse with the same initials?
She ran 17 races on synthetic. She had the luxury of having two consecutive BC's in her backyard. She never went anywhere. All said and told, she was 2-for-3 outside of her nom. Whatever accolades are given to her, she will fall short of Rachel Alexandra. She was the queen of California, but that's it. I find it amusing that everybody wants to say who she will match up with, but, wait til RA and Crulin produce their foal. Saw her, big deal. There were a lot of great ones that could've been seen. Blah, blah, blah.
One rivalry that never came to fruition, was Holy Bull and Cigar. Holy Bull's last race, in which he was injured, was the emergence of Cigar.
Where have you gone, Albert Pujols, our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Albert Pujols has left, and gone away. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey hey.
Your comment is well taken. I handicap most recent form, being the last three months up to the race. No horse could've prepped @ Churchill, since they had just opened the track for the fall meet. But, Blame and Curlin had won the Stephen Foster in July. But, to say that Awesome Gem si "proven", when his career record on synthetic is 1-for-10, is a stretch. Einstein is probably one of the greatest at running on all three surfaces. You mentioned that it's a "level playing field". My question is, if "it's level", why did Santa Anita take up the track after two plus years(long enought to run 2 BC's)?
In prepping, Einstein ran @ Del Mar in the Pacific Classic, and prior to that, ran in @ Arlington in the Million. Awesome Gem prepped @ Hawthorne, Del Mar, and Emerald Downs. Gio Ponti prepped on turf @ Belmont & Arlington. I stand corrected, there were originally 13 horses, but Quality Road was scratched at the gate.