tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post7037567588169171180..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Horse of the Year Offshore - Nowhere?Pull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-26786005774155212702011-01-16T01:16:41.172-05:002011-01-16T01:16:41.172-05:00Pullthepocket,
Your're right - there are no b...Pullthepocket,<br /><br />Your're right - there are no books that have either offered odds to win the Horse of the Year or even taking bets on it.<br />From what I've heard from experts is that from all rationality, emotion, common sense and anything else out there Zenyatta was not only the Horse of the Year going into the Classic but even after the Classic. Polls agree with that. Even longtime Zenyatta detractor Ed Fountaine of the New York Post wrote this after the Classic..."only a chowderhead wouldn't think Zenyatta is the Horse of the Year...".<br />Allen Jerkens went one further..."It's Zenyatta and there is no other horse...".<br />But what happened last year when the oddsmakers immediately jumped on the Zenyatta bandwagon and posted big odds on Rachel Alexandra and coupled with the established bias of some East Coast voters all bets are off.<br />With the anti-synthetic, anti-California raced, anti-female racehorse view out there among racing people it was just to unpredicable to post accurate odds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-39769495326558922442011-01-11T14:10:22.774-05:002011-01-11T14:10:22.774-05:00What's the under/over on the droves of new fan...What's the under/over on the droves of new fans that are going to leave the sport after January 17, 2011.<br /><br />Give me a Vegas line..... and I'll take the "over".Todd V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-54721866818178868612011-01-11T12:07:30.811-05:002011-01-11T12:07:30.811-05:00It's time to make some changes in the archaic ...It's time to make some changes in the archaic rules, in my opinion. The DRF has a criteria based article up and it is said several times that the male handicap division is the barometer used as a sort of litmus test. That is not very correct and it never should have been done like that. If a horse like X goes 6 for 6 beating up on sub-par colts with 110 Beyer's, but a superstar on par with Goldi comes over and wins twice impressively, for example, there is no way she should not be HOY.<br /><br />Just because you are male and older, it should not be a leg-up on wonderful fillies, or two year olds like Uncle Mo. It's horse of the year, not older male horse of the year.<br /><br />RogerRogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-27706345332352568682011-01-11T10:22:33.104-05:002011-01-11T10:22:33.104-05:00Either the oddsmakers are out of touch with the vo...Either the oddsmakers are out of touch with the voters, or the voters are out of touch with the oddsmakers. Remembering it's racing.... maybe it is the second choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-77197866122692059592011-01-11T02:16:34.256-05:002011-01-11T02:16:34.256-05:00It's tough to make a market when someone or ma...It's tough to make a market when someone or many someones know the answer.<br /><br />The special award being given to Z might also obviously signal that she didn't win.ITPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-86075172018087298302011-01-10T22:59:05.797-05:002011-01-10T22:59:05.797-05:00I've been looking each day and see none. I too...I've been looking each day and see none. I too ask: If anyone sees it please post. Id like to take a punt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com