Eblouissante

[Dr. Bob]

Since there isn't a horse racing forum here...

If any of you got to see Zenyatta run (either live or on tv) and like horses at all, take note that her half-sister Eblouissante is running her second race today at Santa Anita (the 7th at ~4:05pm). She destroyed the field in her first race with middle of the pack odds by 4 1/2 lengths and was a last minute scratch in Dec following a minor injury.

Since I can't cruise over to Santa Anita this afternoon we'll be thanking TVG for their coverage.

[Sirfindafold]

who gives a fuck?

[Mikey]

Zenyatta was awesome. Never saw her live but many times on TV.

Eblouissante isn't also a Jerry Moss nag is she?

[Dr. Bob]

Zenyatta was awesome. Never saw her live but many times on TV.

Eblouissante isn't also a Jerry Moss nag is she?

No, she's owned by the guy who bred both her and Zenyatta. She is trained by John Sherriffs, though, who was Zenyatta's trainer.

I saw Zenyatta once at Hollywood Park (her last race before that Breeder's Cup Classic loss). It was incredible.

[Dr. Bob]

who gives a fuck?

Not you. You shouldn't have wasted the 8 seconds it took you to post this.

[Mikey]

Maybe Dinsdale could mod the new whores racing forum.

[Dr. Bob]

I nominate Dr. Bob to be the mod of the new horse racing forum. Rack it.

If I get to oversee the use of words like 'overlay' and make references to Beyer Numbers than I'm all for it.

Meanwhile, Eblouissante's odds are now 1/9, five minutes to post time.

[War Wagon]

I nominate Dr. Bob to be the mod of the new horse racing forum.

That's crazy talk.

Everyone knows Zyclone is the guy with the crumpled up Daily Racing Forum in the backseat of his 1986 Ford Escort station wagon.

[Dr. Bob]

And she's 2 for 2. EXACT same racing style as Zenyatta (meaning she was 5th of 5 horses at the 3/4 pole but won by 1.5 lengths). Irrationally exciting stuff for me.

[War Wagon]

Irrationally exciting stuff for me.

No doubt, especially if she went off at 1/9 odds in a 5 horse race

But she seems like a nice horse, will she be eligible for the Derby?

[Dr. Bob]

Irrationally exciting stuff for me.

No doubt, especially if she went off at 1/9 odds in a 5 horse race

But she seems like a nice horse, will she be eligible for the Derby?

That's pretty damn funny in retrospect. Odds narrowed to 1/2 in the last minute as the #1 and #2 horses dropped to 3/1 and 4/1....and finished 5th and 4th in the 5 horse race.

The excitement is all about style; even as a prohibitive favorite it's uncomfortable watching a horse in last place at the 3rd turn even if you know she'll probably push past the field and win.

If you have the time and inclination watch these two races from the Breeder's Cup Classic. First is 2009 where Z was second to last even at the 4th turn:

Breeder's Cup Classic 2009

Second is the 2010 Breeder's Cup Classic, the 'exception that proves the rule' in my book. Zenyatta starts out even worse than usual and is dead last for most of the race and this time comes up about two feet short:

Breeder's Cup Classic 2010

19-1, and her one loss did as much to define her greatness as most of her 19 wins.



As for Eblouissante she's 4-years old so not Derby eligible. Zenyatta also ran her first race after her 'Derby year' (or at the end of it...).

[Wolfman]

Zyclone !

[Cuda]

from the thread title, i thought there would be pics of dirigible-sportin' pneumatic bimbos proudly hoisting dead pairs of fish, imo

[War Wagon]

the finest race horse I've ever witnessed, next to Secretariot. You don't have to be a gambler to appreciate this, though it helps. Barbaro was a badass and he knew it.

[Dinsdale]

Maybe Dinsdale could mod the new whores racing forum.

While I ddeply appreciate the nomination, you're barking up the wrong tree, bro.

My vast knowledge of whores is primarily limited to the particularly slow ones.

[Wolfman]

They usually cost me hundreds of dollars in May and June.

Don't tell me you were using Zyclone's picks too.

[LTS TRN 2]

I do not like horses. They are not good eating. They are high maintenance. They usually cost me hundreds of dollars in May and June. And they stink, and I hate 'em.

That being said, I vividly remember when Secretariat won the Triple Crown. That was pretty cool to see.

Once again you lose your lunch like a puking penguin with some bad herring. As such you are not merely wrong, but perfectly wrong.

Horses are in fact the noblest creatures in the animal kingdom. Far more than the locked and loaded mischievous chimp seen strutting about a backyard on Cleveland's west side. :wink: