For someone who professes to "know his asses", you've been noticeably silent re Taz's hd victory over Black Ruby at the Sac Fair Sat night. Some are saying that the victory is due to the fact that it is the 1st time a Tbred jock rode a mule in such a race. The jock, "Cowboy" Jack Kaenal, rates a mention for his masterful ride on Aloma's Ruler in the 1982 Preakness in which, ironically, Mall remembers getting 9-1 because Cowboy Jack was not a big name jock. However, the chart caller's brief comments make it clear that he thought it was the 8lb difference in wieghts: "Taz tenacious late. Black Ruby impost the difference." The 9/8 rematch ought to be a corker.