I am debating an astrologer/statistic teacher who tells me that most great horses were born under the sign of Aries, 3/21-4/19. They all share certain traits. And she can predict that the horse of the next decade will be an Aries also.

Well, I pointed out that 95% of race horses today are born in the months of March and April for very real reasons. That her sample was too small. That her including a few horses born 2 months before/after Mar/Apr threw a monkey wrench in her statistics. That the horses she named did NOT share the same qualities of character and running style, as she indicated they did.

But the facts did not faze her. Belief in astrology trumped science of statistics; I told her she should have a conversation with some real horse trainers, owners, and jockeys before she writes a paper “Picking Horses by Their Astrological Signs”.