And what are your best or worst west London derby memories?
There was even the suggestion that the Tories' "vote Miliband, get Salmond" campaign had revived tribal memories of northern marauders crashing south, though as the last northern maraud ended in 1745 when the Jacobites did their U-turn at Derby, the memories of towns such as Nuneaton and Morley must be powerful and long.
So when the Churchill Downs oddsmaker, Mike Battaglia, moved the pieces around Wednesday in search of a morning-line favorite for one of the most puzzling Derbies in memory, he landed on Zito, a favorite adopted son and his colt, The Cliff's Edge, as the 4-1 favorite.
The race is as wide open as any Derby in recent memory, with even leading contenders bringing big question marks to the race and a morning line favorite at a generous 4-1.
In the meantime, however, Chelsea in the Cup in front of a full house of over 30,000 could be an occasion that will leave another generation of Derby supporters with memories to savour.
A series of fires has now left the TAV building a burned-out shell, and it seems poised to join the Brown Derby as a memory--despite the pleas of preservationists.
But it's unlikely that the Derby will fade from memory any time soon in Bristol after a heated go-round between those who love the sport and those who love trees.
A repeat of what even vintage Evertonians have described as the worst Merseyside derby display in living memory – including the "Glenn Keeley" 5-0 of 1982 – and, in the parlance used at Goodison Park since John Moores sacked Johnny Carey in the back of one in 1961, a "taxi for Roberto" beckons.
He wasn't even breathing hard when he returned from whipping the field in one of the best Derby performances in recent memory.
And Joe Cornacchia, one of the owners of Strike the Gold, was also one of the owners of Greenwood Lake, reviving memories of Derby glory for the barn.
