As Blame and Zenyatta fans hold their collective breath in anticipation of the highly debated Horse of the Year announcement at the Jan. 17 Eclipse Awards ceremony, the mare's owner Jerry Moss and the colt's trainer Al Stall gave their final thoughts on the matter during a National Thoroughbred Racing Association teleconference Jan. 13.

"With everything this great horse has accomplished, if she's not acknowledged with at least one Horse of the Year title in her three-year campaign, to me it would be a little ridiculous," said Moss of Zenyatta, who suffered the only loss of her 20-race career to Blame in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Classic.