One for the Ages
“Take a generous helping of Annika Sorenstam testing her mettle against the men of the PGA, season with Ali vs. Frazier in the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ and you have the makings of Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic: a cross-gender slugfest pitting the great mare Azeri against a dozen of the toughest, orneriest male horses in the land.” (MSNBC)
Related: “Add Bobby Frankel to the list of skeptics who doubt Azeri belongs in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. The only way she could beat the boys, Frankel said, is if ‘the gates don’t open for the rest of the horses.'” (San Francisco Chronicle)
Trainer Patrick Biancone isn’t one of the skeptics: “I think the shock to people is going to be when she wins,” he said. (New York Daily News)
