I have no phobia of match races per se. Many races are effectively match races anyway. I mean, look at the Mother Goose today. You had two fillies run at each other, and had one more filly who just did her own thing behind them--they frontunners didn't dictate anything to her.
Now, hypothetically, if RA wasn't actually back there 4 lengths behind them, would this now 2 filly "match race" somehow have become more "dangerous" than the race that was actually run today? I don't see how anyone can maintain that without resorting to pure voodoo.
Still, I'd rather see RA and Zenyatta in a "real" race, at least if they are only going to meet just once (and even once is still a longshot).
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