Sportsnet – Back in May of 1994, Hockey Hall of Fame legend Mark Messier made one of the boldest guarantees in sports. With the New York Rangers facing elimination in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final against the New Jersey Devils, the captain guaranteed his team would win and force a deciding Game 7. Twenty-eight years after Messier and his Rangers made good on the promise, a thoroughbred named in his honour is guaranteed to be one of the favourites to contend for the 148th Kentucky Derby….
