
Mar 23, 2013 -- 11:24AM, Marcce wrote:
Marcce..only a collection of older horses? remind you she is 7 yrs old in a few months time, make that 8 yrs old northern hemisphere times.beating haylist, the 2nd best sprinter in the world for the 340th time?not like frankel beating excelebration 560 times whom wasnt the 2nd best miler in the world.least BC beat all comers and didnt evoid the classier older horses like frankel did for 2 seasons.What's her age got to do with it? I just look at her races and it's noticeable that the make up of the fields seems to comprise mostly of older horses. I just wondered why that was because that wouldn't be the case over here.And by bringing up Frankel you've sort of made my point. The more vociferous posters from down under have continually made the Excelebration point to do Frankel down but for some reason have failed to acknowledge the same can be applied to Black Caviar.All comers? Come on now. earlycrow has hit the nail on the head that the greats can only race against what is put up against them. That applied to Frankel as much as it does to Black Caviar. But don't kid yourself that beating a collection of the weakest bunch of sprinters we've had for years at Ascot represented all comers.Let's put it this way. Before Frankel ran in the Juddmonte over 10 furlongs for the first time there was a sense of anticipation and even nervousness at what might happen. Likewise at Ascot in his last race due to the ground. When was the last time Aussies had that with Black Caviar racing in Australia because it seems to me it's now just become a succession of laps of honour for her?
it's a fair question so here's the answer
2yo's right now (all the good ones) are about to compete for the Golden Slipper, the richest 2 year old race in the southern hemisphere
3yo's (again all the good ones) would of been set to compete in the Australian Guineas, it's a race over a mile
it's a foregone conclusion that any race she is entered in, she will win, so trainers here are now choosing their races around her schedule in races that they know they can possibly win, this is not a reflection of the lack of quality of young sprinters, this is purely a reflection on how good she is and this is going to be her last season, instead of questioning who is she beating, just enjoy the fact that she is racing because honestly (and this is the hard part to comprehend), you will never see another sprinter like her
is she racing the best horses when she races now? no obviously not but this can be no fault of Peter Moody's, he enters her in the races he wants to put her in and she wins accordingly, it can hardly be his fault if connections of other horses opt to not compete against her
those doubting "who has she beat", just do a little bit of research, understand how good Hay List was (and I say was because he is coming back from a near life ending injury, I don't expect him to be the same horse), the time to question who has she beat was when Hay List was making her beat him, not just idling past on the bridle but Nolen actually having to hit her and get an effort from her, without her Hay List would be a champion in his own right

