PICTURE OF THE DAY

WRONG WAY? Look, while American racing fans have been arguing about whether or not the undefeated older mare and Breeders Cup Classic winner Zenyatta or undefeated three-year-old Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra should win Horse of the Year honors, our friends in England have abandoned their traditional turf races and started running backward (just like they drive) on what looks strangely like dirt.

Well…No. Some racecourses in England run clockwise and some run counter clockwise just to liven things up, and some now have all weather surfaces such as polytrack like here in the good ole U.S. of A.

Here, runners take a bend in the Halcyon Gallery Handicap Hurdle Race run at Kempton Park Racecourse on November 23, 2009 in Sunbury, England.

(Photo by Julian Herbert/Getty Images Europe)