The above quote came from Frank Lyons, live on TVG, before Zaida Belle broke down in the Distaff Handicap at Aqueduct today.Maybe he should have knocked wood?But that comment doesn't even come close to his foreshadowing on last year's Triple Crown Trail, when he asked his TVG co-hosts the following:

Do you think after Big Brown wins the Triple Crown, we'll remember any of the other horses he ran against?

I suppose that such irrational exuberance can be forgiven. Like many, he was on the foregone conclusion hot-air balloon ride.I wonder if he remembers asking that question. . . because I have an answer for him: [intlink id="936" type="page"]Eight Belles.[/intlink]