Rachel's Sheet?

[Rick B.]

Is Rachel\'s Sheet around for viewing? I looked in the Archives and didn\'t see it, but that doesn\'t mean anything -- I\'m terrible at looking for stuff.

I have this crazy idea that I want to compare RA\'s figs for 2009 to Zenyatta\'s. Worth it, or waste of time?

[P-Dub]

If you are willing to put the numbers in their proper context, not a waste of time.

[nicely nicely]

Sheets for R & Z

[Rick B.]

Thank you.

[basket777]

wow that  makes it more clear why rachel did not run in the breeders cup.  its quite clear she loved the poly by the 4 point top after rest as a 2 year old.  however she had no chance in the breders cup so they opted the easy way out.

dont run.

[HP]

Basket - that\'s the best sheet read I\'ve ever seen.  I\'m assuming you\'re joking.  

HP

[JimP]

The RA sheet looks very similar to the Summer Bird sheet.

[Dana666]

Kind of hard to vote for Z for HOY if you\'re going off that data alone!
If you want to debate on what they\'ve accomplished their entire careers, OK, Zenyatta has an awful lot going for her,and she really is one of the all-time greats (male or female) just in terms of consistency alone, but off those sheets, hard to make a strong case for Z this year, compared with Rachel.

[TGJB]

Entire career is a separate question from HOTY. Of course she\'s going to the Hall Of Fame based on her entire career.

Bill Finley wrote a polite piece saying Rachel should be HOTY for Thoroughbred Daily News, they got hate mail (seriously). Wait until those people see tommorrow\'s edition with what I wrote (TDN saw what I wrote here and asked me to turn it into a letter to the editor).

[magicnight]

You were not so polite as Finley?

Can you post it here after it runs in TDN?

[TGJB]

You mean can Paul post it here. Shoot him an email tomorrow morning.

[magicnight]

That was the royal \"you\". OK.

[Silver Charm]

Thanks for putting these up. Seeing both of these up next to other side-by-side pretty much tells you all you need to know.

[HP]

Too much...since when is HOTY is not decided by TG numbers?  No knock on TG, but this is not what they look at and everyone who posts here must be aware of that simple fact.  

HP

[Silver Charm]

The more I post here the more I harkin back to a comment attributable to the late great Judge Roy Bean,

\"We are going to give the man a fair trial and then we are going to hang him.\"


Where did I say this one deserved anything over the other one. How about when you put these two Sheets side-by-side you are looking at TWO of the All-time greats. How about when you put these two Sheets side-by-side the Synthetic numbers are slower than the dirt. May not mean the horse is slower just the performance figure is.

I feel pretty confident this is what meant but go ahead and hang me........