Picking ZATT's Star of the Week is not always easy

Picking ZATT's Star of the Week 52 times a year can be a mixed bag. Sometimes it is easy, with one horse dominating in such a way that I do not give the decision a second thought. In some weeks, it comes down to a pair of performances in which I need to make a difficult decision that is likely to be the wrong one in the eyes of about 50% of my readers. This week's dilemma was more out of the ordinary. Thanksgiving week produced many worthy candidates in which I seriously considered no less than six choices. Take a look ...

On Fire Baby was just that in her Golden Rod win.




Disposablepleasure tasted the dirt, grabbed a quarter, encountered traffic, and still won the Demoiselle.




How can you argue with perfection? Awesome Feather looked as good as ever in winning her 8th race without a loss in the Gazelle.




As good as the fillies were at Aqueduct on Saturday, just take a look at the official time of the Cigar Mile to appreciate To Honor and Serve.




And how could I possibly forget the way Rapid Redux began the week, setting a modern day North American record for consecutive wins?




But in the end, I went with the class. Not only was Wise Dan as an impressive winner as the rest, but he was the one who did it against a really good field.

And oh yeah, don't even get me started thinking about Buena Vista gaining a huge measure of retribution in the Japan Cup!