Re: Ghostdodging and Working the Racing Secretary (476 Views)
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P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: June 01, 2005 01:58PM
I admit it gets a little tiresome to read the same thing over and over, but CTC makes a good point.
Great horses of the past carried weight. If you want to compare GZ to those horses, lets see him compete while conceding weight. Packing the weight may also get other horses into the starting gate. GZ is obviously a very talented horse, but is watching him stomp overmatched fields at ridiculous imposts not to mention his connections negotiating pace tactics with others really showcasing how great everyone thinks he is?? As a racing fan, don't you feel just a little cheated that we can't see how great he can be?
Pack the weight, run against bigger and better fields and show us how good he really is. I have nothing but respect for this horse, and certainly GZ isn't the only horse who has had his campaign cherrypicked by his connections. But when you have a horse as special as this one appears, racing fans deserve better. How many races did Azeri duck during her brilliant career?