Rivalries

Everyone loves a rivalry and racing has had some incredible ones. We’ll profile racing’s most memorable rivalries and keep our fingers crossed that we’ll get to see a few unfold in real time!

What the Sunday Silence-Easy Goer rivalry lacked in longevity, it made up for with intensity, and short-lived though it was, it was a gift to racing and its fans.

One of racing’s greatest trainers called them the greatest act horse racing has ever had. And 23 years later, no horses have come close to duplicating the rivalry between Affirmed and Alydar.