SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – There are three things of which I feel certain as we celebrate Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, newly inducted first-ballot Hall of Famers.

When American Pharoah entered trainer Bob Baffert’s barn in the summer of 2014, he had already cultivated a reputation as a future superstar in his early training. But it’s unlikely anyone realized how big of a superstar he would become.