The truth of course is that Funny Cide made Empire Maker run like hell a couple times. So much so Frankel put him away to ambush the Belmont and then almost got beat by Ten Most Wanted, who ran a faster number than Empire Maker.

Empire Maker was monumentally over-rated. Who beat him in the Jim Dandy? I forget. I love big hype three year olds, which brings me to The Cliff's Edge. Tampa is a track horses get along with or they don't. I can't count the number of times I've seen better east coast Florida horses ship in there to steal stakes money and get beat. I know Zito knows what that track is like. I'm surprised TCE isn't working over it, but add the 3 month layoff and the outside post to the mix and is this an odds on horse? TCE isn't in Tampa for a stakes score. He's there to prep and he caught a relatively weak field for it. I'm not sure what winning is gonna demonstrate. That is if he wins.

CtC