[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

You have also always been obsessed with females facing males. Why wouldn’t they try to prove she’s better than Monomoy Girl, Midnight Bisou or even Fighting Mad at 9 furlongs after the Oaks, provided she wins?

If she were to win the Oaks and then try the Preakness, I don't see how a loss there would preclude here from going in the Distaff after that.

Also, I don't look at it as being obsessed with females facing males as much as I want to see the best horses face each other, regardless of sex. That doesn't mean that I don't understand that in this country, the females have enough money in their races to justify keeping them apart (there's not nearly as big a disparity as in Europe which gives more reason for females to run against males). I also understand what the black type means for their breeding careers. So I do get it. I just like to see the best take on the best. When they happen to be female, so be it. When they do it and are successful, their statuses in history go up. We'll always remember Rachel in the Preakness and Winning Colors in the Derby. Rags to Riches in the Belmont and Zenyatta in the Classic. Just to name a few.

With basketball and baseball back, horse racing isn't the only game in town anymore but when you looked at the ratings from April-July, our ratings went up tremendously. We gained tons of new fans and I'm sure many of them tuned in to watch the Travers over the weekend. If they watched the whole broadcast, they saw Gamine and Tiz the Law both put in great performances and even though to the hardcore fan/gambler, Tiz vs Art Collector might be the better matchup, to the more casual observer, Tiz vs Gamine is more exciting. I'd love to have all three in the same race together. Gamine may be a 1-turn monster and just good at 2-turns. Or she may be what the numbers show, just faster than the others. I'd like to see.