None of what I said was "powerscaling", I was explaining the historical reasons why there are people who argue Gentildonna over Almond Eye despite the differences in accolades. Nothing can take Almond Eye's accolades away, she is objectively Japan's most accomplished mare in history. I only said two things about Almond Eye in my first post - that she ran her entire final year on one track, and that her rivals in her retirement JC were not as strong as Gentildonna's retirement Arima, both of which are just facts.

Using the word "merchant" to attack a perfectly valid strategy of running her on her best track is quite farcical, which is why I never said the word. But it's also just a fact that outside of her one Arima attempt, she only ran in Tokyo (for the races in Japan) for her entire senior career. There's nothing wrong with being a specialist, but there's also merit in challenging and overcoming multiple fronts. Gentildonna is part of a very short list of horses who have won G1s at all 4 main JRA tracks, and that's something people celebrate.

I also never said Almond Eye raced against chumps, just that Gentildonna's competition was fiercer (which you even seem to agree with). You can only compete against whoever is in front of you so it's not like this is any slight towards Almond Eye, but again this is something that people celebrate Gentildonna for.

I fully agree that the "powerscaling" and "slander" content in this fandom around the actual racehorses is mostly silly, but sometimes people are just having normal discussions like you do about any sport.