Fleet Goddess for Hall of Fame (Re-evaluation)

[Kirsten Jade]

Note: I know I already tried her for the HoF but few horses have accomplished as much as Fleet Goddess has. Her accomplishments are still remembered and talked about. I feel like she could use a re-evaluation.

Fleet Goddess

Visit her stall.


<sup>† Goddess is a sweetheart just like her dam with a very competitive spirit. She is beautiful and knows it. She loves to show off her perfect racing conformation and beautiful dark bay coat with her unique half-heart star. She always loves to be better than everyone else. She just has to be the best. She is picky though and only does things her way.

† Goddess was bred and raised on our farm. She has pretty rare bloodlines since her sire, Jet Ski, is going to have a limited amount of foals. She is the first born from G1 racer, Queen of Hearts. Goddess has a lot of potential from both sides of her lineage and should do very well on the track. Jet Ski was a great horse with not enough credit to his name but Kirsten just knows that Fleet Goddess will show the world what good lineage she has. She was entered in the first yearling training camp that Akita Rose Stables has made and had been thriving since then. It helped create a very special bond between Kirsten and Goddess.

Now Goddess' racing career is coming to an end. She had a great racing career. As a two year old she won the Breeder's Cup Juvenile and received an award for Best Grade Four horse. As a three year old she won top races like the Seaspray Cup, the first jewel of the filly triple crown: the Acorn Stakes and won the Breeder's Cup Distaff. She also won the Best Grade Two award. As a four year old she won the Dubai World Cup and the Breeder's Cup Distaff for the second year in a row. She has always been an amazing race horse and we look forward to seeing her foals in the future.</sup>

Her Achievements.

Race Record: 57: 17-13-13

MAJOR RACES WON
Y6 GHF's Next Top Racehorse (Race Three & Race 10)
Y7 Summer Cup
Y7 Winter Cup
Y7 BREEDER'S CUP JUVENILE FILLIES
Y8 Seaspray Cup
Y8 ACORN STAKES (First Race of the Triple Tiara)
Y8 Winter Cup
Y8 BREEDER'S CUP DISTAFF
Y9 The Natural Memorial Stakes
Y9 DUBAI WORLD CUP
Y9 BREEDER'S CUP DISTAFF

MAJOR RACES PLACED IN
Y8 MOTHER GOOSE STAKES (Second Race of the Triple Tiara)
Y8 DUBAI WORLD CUP
Y9 True Enough Memorial Stakes
Y9 Independance Cup
Y9 Euphoria Memorial Stakes
Y9 Dubai Filly Cup

AWARDS
♥ Y6 Prospect of the Year Award
♥ Y7 Best Grade Four Award
♥ Y8 Best Grade Two Award
♥ Y9 Encouragement Award

Another Note: This paragraph was written by Ripley in her Analysis of Hall of Fame Horses:
"Breeders Cup races matter more now than they did in the past. If that is the case, we need to look at several past horses that would stand quite proudly alongside our newest Hall of Famers. Our three year old champions should be considered for final rewards such as these because very rarely are schedules repeated by every three year old.

Horses That Should Be In The Hall of Fame and Are Not:
Fleet Goddess won three Breeders Cup Races, two Breeders Cup Distaffs and the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies. She won the Winter Cup and Summer Cup Grade Five Dirt as a juvenile against older horses, the Acorn Stakes, the Natural Memorial Stakes, and the Dubai World Cup. She ran 57 times and won 17 races. Her career would have gotten her to the Hall during the early years. She's ready to become a champion with a record comparable to many of her cohorts. She was denied once, but what other dirt champion has a record like hers?"

Please vote accordingly. Thank you.

[*Ripley*]

Well obviously I'm voting for her . She's just a fantastic mare with a good string of races beneath her belt. I voted Sillenia in for the very same reason I am voting Fleet Goddess in. We've hardly had as brilliant a distaffer like Fleet Goddess since the days of Euphoria, El Sol del Mar and Sweet Stalker.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

I'm sorry but I'm still voting no for Fleet Goddess. Please don't kill me xD

To me, Fleet Goddess was a good mare, one of the best in her generation, but does that really mean she deserves to be an HoF inductee? She still does not leave that impression of greatness on me that I search for when considering a horse for the HoF. When she raced, I considered her to be another grade one mare, nothing more. Not a major threat. A grade one mare who raced well. She was not HoF-amazing to me. I understand that she's won three Breeders Cups, but that doesn't make a horse worthy of the HoF. It would in RL, but on here it does not. To me, that is what she has going for her - three Breeders Cup wins. But to me that still does not mean that she deserves this induction. She just does not strike me as an HoF horse Kirsty. I like her, but she's not HoF to me. She doesn't have that star quality, to me anyway.

My reasons for not voting her in are the same for why I am not considering nominating Radiance for the HoF. Radiance won the Juvenile, Marathon and Classic. He even took the Dubai Colt Cup twice. But to me, both Radiance and Fleet Goddess just do not have that star quality that I search for when considering for HoF.

Sorry Kirsty...

[Kirsten Jade]

That's fine Frosty. Thanks for your honest opinion.

[Kirsten Jade]

I need more votes please?

[Kirsten Jade]

Thank you everybody for voting! That's 7 votes. so I guess she is in too? or no?

[S u N f r O s t ~]

I would say she is IN. Congrats Kirsty!

[Kirsten Jade]

Ahhhhhhh thank you so much! I always wanted Goddess to get in!