Funny Cide, Birdstone
The two New Yorkers are coupled in a head-to-head proposition bet, one of the many offered by Lone Star Park on this Saturday’s races. “The pair of them going mano-a-mano is likely to start arguments on the streets of Manhattan or fistfights in a Long Island saloon, but there’s some question as to what controversy it is apt to produce in Grand Prairie, Texas. It’s sort of like waiting 40 years to see the Yankees hook up with the Mets, only to play the Subway Series in El Paso.” (Boston Herald)
Related: “Head2Head wager offers new twist this year” (Blood-Horse)
