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Horse named Yogi Berra beats horse named Chelios at Tampa Bay Downs

Racehorse named Yogi Berra beats horse named Chelios

Last week, Larry Fitzgerald tweeted a photo of himself playing high school basketball against Joe Mauer, leading us to speculate about other inter-sport athletic competitions. However, we somehow ignored the most important question - who would win in a race, Yogi Berra or Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Chelios? (We were all wondering about that, right?)

Luckily, we don't have to imagine the results. As you may recall, Jessica Steinbrenner owns a racehorse called Yogi Berra:

And on Sunday at the Tampa Bay Downs, this horse was among his competitors:

So who came out on top? Yogi, of course. He even beat an entire region of France and one of Seal's many clones: 

The real Yogi was quite pleased:

And we can all sleep better at night, knowing this ancient question has finally been answered. 

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