The 2015 version of the Omkar Indian Turf Invitation Cup (Gr 1) promises to be a race that has been constantly talked about until today, and will also be talked about ad infinitum after it is actually run. What promises to be one of the greatest contests, will be run at the Mahalaxmi racetrack at 4.45 pm today, and hopefully, the race will decide who between Be Safe and Amazing Grace will go down in the history of Indian racing as one of the greatest horses of all time.

I regarded Be Safe as an exceptional horse that comes about once in a generation, and his Derby victory in record time has only convinced me that he is the best horse (perhaps, barring Continual) that I have seen in my close to four decades of racing life.

However, one must admit that the kind of form Amazing Grace has displayed during the uninterrupted victory run of eight wins since February 26 last year, is also perhaps unparalleled in the history of Indian racing. The question is not what she beat, but how she did it, and that puts her in a league of her own.