who do you think are the two best horses in the country right now? at a mile and a quarter. any age, any sex. the older division seems to be pretty weak right now. and amazingly the two best horses in the country may both be fillies. Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra. which is very remarkable. are there any older horses that im forgetting about? maybe they havent raced yet this year. but from what im remembering most retired. and im not gonna put Commentator above the two fillies. so whos the top two in your opinion?
also, if the two fillies are the best or even amongst the best then why is it not a foregone conclusion that the Breeders Cup Classic be their ultimate goal for the season? i heard Zenyatta is pointing towards the distaff. why?
Einstein deserves a big nod here… a horse that wins on any surface and he’ll really battle to the wire. He’s better on the turf than dirt and wasn’t good enough to beat Curlin on the dirt, but he’s at the top of the older male category this year. The 3 year olds last year were weak and they’re 4 year olds this year which makes the older male category pretty weak. As such, the fillies are the best this year.
Zenyatta is staying within her own division and she has nothing to prove, so if Rachel wants to be Horse of the Year, she needs to come after Zenyatta. The Zenyatta connections actually had an article in the newspaper this weekend about why they were keeping Zenyatta against other mares… it was about their opinion on how to keep a mare like this racing at this caliber… how to maintain a mare at this level of performance. I guess they think putting her against males would take too much out of her. And I think a horse like Einstein would hook up with Zenyatta and really sprint to the wire, giving Zenyatta a run like she’s never faced before.