I think we are long past the days of rivalries in horse racing, unless you are like me and love claimers, allowance and small restricted stakes. They seem to evoke the only real rivalries in the game.
Take for instance Dave, Certifiably Crazy, Pa Pa Da and Golden Commander, who seem to meet at least once a month. Or Finlandia, Lamp is Lit, Sabellina, On the Bus and Lady Bi Bi. Those are some good ones.
In high level raing we can kiss real rivalries goodbye. The sport will neve be able to measure up to baseball or college basketball in terms of rivalries and attachment to certain horses, like we have with teams.
Seems just when you get attached to a 3 year old, he/she is retiring or injured. Thank God for horses like Lava Man, Tin Man, Captain Squire, Funny Cide, and Caller One.
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