I love both of these horses and I think both sides have reasons to avoid the other, it’s just protecting your investment and in a way protecting those you care about. If one gets beat there will be so much trash talking from everyone that neither camp wants to be on the wrong side of it. We have two historic horses that I hope will become historic match ups like Dr. Fager and Damascus. The problem is Dr. Fager isn’t a household name, but Damascus is and the Doc beat Damascus many times, in fact the only time Dr. Fager lost was when they sent out a rabbit. I think us horse racing fans deserve to see a 2 out of 3 match up with the best females in the US. It’s only going to be fair if they each get home court advantage once each and then decide the coin flip on a nuetral track, maybe a very fast turf course. The Triple Tiara my friends will be the pheonix that rises and lifts horse racing back to it’s glory.

It’s hard to get excited about Zenyatta when she’s competing in 4 horse fields agaist “no-names” in California. I was looking forward to her race at CD on the Oaks undercard but the race fell apart due to the sloppy conditions and she was scratched. It would be nice to see Zenyatta’s connections take a shot against quality male horses on a dirt track. Right now, Jackson is showing he has more guts than Moss.

Brian – glad you liked that Star Trek bit. I was worried I was going too “super dork” there and that I might lose people.

Mr Del Mar – I think most people feel that way (about the BC). I’ll take her anyway I can get her, but the Travers would’ve been extra sweet.

Of course, those same guys running in the Travers “could” opt for the Woodward, but I doubt they gave that idea much thought.