Comments on: Clash of the Titans! Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to meet in the Apple Blossom http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/clash-of-the-titan-rachel-alexandra-and-zenyatta-to-meet-in-the-apple-blossom/ THE ODYSSEY OF A HORSE RACING ENTHUSIAST AND AMATEUR HANDICAPPER Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian Appleton http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/clash-of-the-titan-rachel-alexandra-and-zenyatta-to-meet-in-the-apple-blossom/#comment-6827 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:21:45 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1915#comment-6827 True Kevin (about the Woodward) but if Zenyatta had been in the Woodward I don’t think Calvin Borel would have been rash enough to try and go gate-to-wire the same way he did. I can’t wait to see them clash!

]]> By: mike http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/clash-of-the-titan-rachel-alexandra-and-zenyatta-to-meet-in-the-apple-blossom/#comment-6826 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:34:49 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1915#comment-6826 It will probably depend on the pace of the race. Zenyatta runs from last. Slow pace would help Rachel, fast pace Zenyatta.

]]> By: tencentcielo http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/clash-of-the-titan-rachel-alexandra-and-zenyatta-to-meet-in-the-apple-blossom/#comment-6825 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:06:34 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1915#comment-6825 We know that one of those slots in the race for the Apple Blossom show spot will NOT be filled by St. Trinians, as Mike Mitchell says he will keep her on the synthetics for the “foreseeable future”

Also, if the rumors are true about Life is Sweet going to for the Dubai World Cup, doesn’t that and the Apple Blossom have the feeling of “semi-final action”, specifically like a tennis grand slam:

In the (Middle) East bracket: Life is Sweet (Venus) vs Vodka (Kim Clijsters)
In the (South)west bracket: Zenyatta (Serena) vs Rachel (Justine Henin)

]]> By: Kevin Stafford http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/clash-of-the-titan-rachel-alexandra-and-zenyatta-to-meet-in-the-apple-blossom/#comment-6824 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:50:53 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1915#comment-6824 @Tencent: “Rachatta Zenyxandra” :)

@Superfecta: I thought of using Mothra in the title here…but then I remembered Mecha and thought I had to use him instead.

@tvnewsbadge – well said. Especially that last sentence: “Whoever wins, it’s going to be a sad sad day for thousands of fans and a long racing season to dwell upon it.”

]]> By: Kevin Stafford http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/clash-of-the-titan-rachel-alexandra-and-zenyatta-to-meet-in-the-apple-blossom/#comment-6823 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:22:38 +0000 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/?p=1915#comment-6823 Brian – that’s AWESOME that you were raised on Godzilla movies! About the Apple Blossom – I’ll just say that I don’t think there was a horse on Earth (save for perhaps Sea the Stars) who could’ve denied Zenyatta in that Classic. Very impressive. I think she has to be the favorite. if you picture a finish like the Woodward, only instead of Macho Again it’s Zenyatta – things get a little more scary. That being said, she deserves every accolade she’s received, so we ought to be in for an amazing finish here. This one stands to have all of our hearts in our throats.

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