Zenyatta, Rachel matchup worth $5M

Racheal has a half sister who hasnt lost at oaklawn going two turns  Peyton D'Oro if im the owner of her im in   Careless Jewel Maybe   

Racheal has a half sister who hasnt lost at oaklawn going two turns  Peyton D'Oro if im the owner of her im in   Careless Jewel Maybe   

Atlass and Mikey you two seem to more about the east coast. Any other contenders? I don`t see much from the west. Santa Maria tomorrow. Only horse that I have any interest is St Trinians. Good test for this horse but still not at the same level of...pretty much nothing.

I think St Trinians will be there after todays win.

milkshake got ya that happens to me as well in fact last saturday when he had bejarano and that phoenix shipper at 4/1 i didn't play because she was coming from phoenix.

i tried to take wifey to dinner tonight when she got me at the airport and instead she wants to order in.  then on the way home she says we should pick up sunday's daily racing form

She's a keeper!!! 

Well you are correct but I mean who wouldn't want to enter this race if they get invited because of the purse size.  But they cleary have no chance at finishing 1st.  The field over RA/ZEN has to be 20-1 easy maybe more.  Either RA/ZEN is winning this race but 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th will be getting a nice payday as well.

Rachel Alexandra will 100% go off as the favorite and should win the race.  Rachel Alexandra is going to much more better and stronger in 2010 as a 4 year old.

Anyone who bets a single dollar against RA/ZEN for 1st really needs to have their head examed.

It seems like it is confrimed they will be meeting because they pushed the race back a week for RA connections.  It would easily be an instant classic race, everyone in the world are dying to see this amazing horses run.

“The Apple Blossom Invitational has been renegotiated. Both principles are on line and have pledged to me they will enter their horses and race,” said Charles Cella, who is the owner of Oaklawn Park, which is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas.. “The date will be Friday, the ninth of April. All other conditions remain the same.”

The Apple Blossom Invitational is a 1 1/8 mile race.  If both horses participate, which they are schedule to do, the purse for the event with jump from $500,000 to $5 million.  The total purse would match the highest in the sport, equaling the payout of the Breeders’ Cup.

The proposed meeting of the two has not been a smooth ride however, as Cella has been continuously pursuing both owners to reach an agreement.  Jess Jackson, who is the owner of Rachel Alexandra, requested that the race be moved back a week so the horse would be more prepared.

“I’ve never had so much trouble giving $5 million away,” Cella remarked “We’ve got a solid commitment, assuming, of course, their health continues.”

Co-owner of Zenyatta Jerry Moss said that he would be willing to have the race moved back a week “if that’s what’s needed.”

“We had a conversation about that today. We’re still hoping the race happens,”  Moss said.

Additionally, Jackson issued a statement last week in which he said that he met with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association to discuss the possibility of several races with Zenyatta.  Moss claimed that he had not been part of any such discussion with Jackson.

“The whole thing was a big surprise to us,” Moss remarked. “We knew nothing about it. We absolutely were not a party to any of it. We’d like to see in writing what’s intended. We had returned from New York [Wednesday]. I went with my wife to the dentist. We got back in the office in the afternoon and saw what was being written. That was the first we knew about it.”

“As far as we’re concerned, our focus is on Oaklawn, and we’re still hoping that happens.”

The first race on the 2010 schedule for Zenyatta will take place at the Santa Margarita Invitational on March 13th.  The Apple Blossom Invitational scenario is not yet iron clad, as variables can occur throughout the year.

“We always go race to race,” Moss said. “We’ll look at our horse after each race and then make a judgment. We’ve got these two races picked out. Beyond that, it would be premature to comment. But our plan, like last year, is to point for the Breeders’ Cup at the end of the year. That’s not a change in our philosophy. Since the Breeders’ Cup this year is at Churchill Downs, we will be traveling.”

Both horses are the superstars of their sport.  Rachel Alexandra edged out Zenyatta for horse of the year honors in 2009.  Zenyatta tabbed a second runner-up finish to American tennis star Serena William for the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year in 2009.

Zenyatta is the head-to-head favorite heading into the Apple Blossom Invitational over Rachel Alexandra according to the Horse Racing Betting Lines at Bodog Sportsbook

Zenyatta has been installed with odds at -125 to finish ahead of her counterpart.  Rachel Alexandra boasts odds of -105.

LOL, Zenyatta is so +EV I mean jesus you basically getting better than even money because all she has to do is beat ZEN in order of finish not win.  I mean you'd have to be nuts not to bet this.  RA will easily be worse than EVEN MONEY come post time in the AB.

LOL, RACHEL IS SO +EV  I MEANT :D 

Found this at Bodog...how can NO be -200 it should be like -2000

The closer it gets the more excited I get.

Doesn't hurt that now comes Derby Prep after Derby Prep. What a great time of the year for horse racing fans/cappers.

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off the pace rolling late the extra sixteenth should help a lot.  gomez horse can sizzle but can she last if so go go makes me eat shit.  bejarano with the touch.

sorry about that boys.  good thread here i jumped in by accident and goofed it up.

should be a thriller why on friday?

wish i could have seen ghostzapper live at the race track

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