Creating comparisons between standardbred superstars and their thoroughbred cousins has always made perfect marketing sense.
For decades, galloping zealots have represented the lowest hanging fruit for those charged with the task of broadening harness racing's church.
Sometimes, however, we're more than a little lazy when justifying the juxtapositions we create.
Given her class, charisma and - most germanely - her gender, Ladies In Red has been highlighted as harness racing's closest comparison to Winx.
But is that really true?
Where Winx typically raced back in the field, Ladies In Red usually occupies a more forward role.
Where Winx wound through her gears, Ladies In Red has push-button pace and is more inclined to outmuscle her opposition than blouse them down the outside through the closing stages.
When it comes to these attributes, these factors, these features, harness racing has potentially got its own version of Winx, but it's not Ladies In Red.
It's Queen Elida.
Like Winx, Queen Elida comes from behind, cruises through her gears and somehow, staggeringly, seems to travel significantly faster than her adversaries without great effort or discomfort.
Importantly, again, she's also a mare.
One reason why Queen Elida hasn't enjoyed such critical correlations is that she's yet to beat those we consider the benchmark trotters in the land.
Another reason, plainly put, is that she is indeed a trotter.
Despite a significant bridging of the gap between pacers and trotters regarding esteem and profile, some remain slow in accepting just how little separates pacing and trotting when it comes to relevance, interest and turnover.
And those folks need to mend their ways.
On Saturday night, the three best events were squaregaiter-based, the three best wins were by trotters, and Queen Elida was the finest of them all.
It's high time we - harness racing that is - started leveraging off her and also building anticipation for the trans-Tasman rivalry which will define this year's trotting Inter Dominion.
Because that rivalry will be richer than the pacers Inter Dominion by far.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, once again last weekend the number four was to the fore.
On Sunday, harness racing's country cup circuit re-emerged at Maryborough with regional features for both trotters and also pacers.
Firstly, the Maryborough Trotters Cup trifecta was comprised entirely by four-year-olds with the world at their feet in Parisian Artiste, One Over All and Dont Care.
Then, half an hour later, the Group 2 Maryborough Gold Cup was secured by one four-year-old, Act Now, over another, Beyond Delight.
This trend toward younger horses dominating the game is no longer a trend, it's just a reality.
A reality all jurisdictions and administrations must accept and plan for going forward.
The opinions expressed in The Forum are those of the author and may not be attributed to or represent policies of Harness Racing Victoria, which is the state authority and owner of thetrots.com.au.