Well isn't this shocking news.
Just to be clear my earlier comments were stated in "defense" of Zenyatta and in response to negative comments about her. It was not an attempt to "elevate" her. I don't feel the need to elevate her. I believe she has done enough on the racetrack. I am sick to death of the negativity and hatred on the blogs. Whoever won the Classic and was being discussed as the favorite for the Eclipse would be subjected to tearing down of the competition. Here is my opinion in trying to diminish Zenyatta or any horse we diminish every horse. We could tear apart every Grade 1 and diminish the field. My opinion is that Zenyatta is deserving of Horse of the Year. I also think Blame is deserving of Horse of the Year. I just believe Zenyatta deserves it more.
I believe that Switch and St Trinians are probably as good as this year's versions of Mine that Bird, Bullsbay and Macho Again that Blame beat this year. Those three didn't do much. Look at their 2010 records. Also, General Quarters never won a Grade 2 or Grade 1 on the dirt. Haynesfield has 1 Grade 1 and that is when he beat Blame. Rail Trip has 1 Grade 1 on synthetic. I didn't look at all the horses but those were the notable ones. I am a fan of all of these horses but most just weren't in good form this year.