Odysseus of Greek mythology was the only man ever to hear a siren and survive. He had himself lashed to his ship's mast so he would not be lured to steer onto treacherous rocks by the irresistible song of a murderous sea nymph, sitting there all naked.On their album Siren, rockers Roxy Music warbled: "Love is the drug, got a hook in me." On the cover of that 1975 LP, singer Bryan Ferry's girlfriend of the time, Jerry Hall, played the siren, reclining breathtakingly on a rocky shore.We young fellas of the time were certainly ready to hurl ourselves upon perilous fate to get our rocks off with Jerry.There's a siren song in horse racing right now; specifically from a filly called Siren's Call, who will try to land the elusive Triple Tiara by winning the SA Oaks at Turffontein tomorrow.But the Oaks is just one lure. In mythology there were up to five sirens hanging about, trilling dangerously - and on the Turfies card there's also super-filly Majmu bidding to beat some of the best boys in the R2-million Champions Challenge; the land's fastest flyers lining up in the Computaform Sprint; an always-compelling SA Derby and five other graded races full of classy runners.This ocean has yet more deadly temptation.The National Yearling Sale is currently on at Gosforth Park. On Wednesday, a colt by Dynasty went for R4.25-million, which will have the blood up for tonight's concluding auction session.Then there's next week.It seems strange to even write this down, but a South African trainer will be contesting the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in the US of A - arguably the most famous horse race in the world.A Derby is by definition for three-year-olds, so it's nigh impossible for it to have runners from other countries. They don't have enough time to prove themselves, qualify, be nominated and travel to the bluegrass state.But our training supremo Mike de Kock has managed it, thanks to his mastery in Dubai, where his Mubtaahij snaffled a rare overseas qualifying race for the Kentucky Derby - winning the UAE Derby by eight lengths.The Americans are perplexed by this curiosity, as this quote from Bloodhorse website shows: "We have an Irish-bred horse, owned by an Arab sheikh, trained by a South African, and ridden by a Belgian. And you're surprised you can't put your finger on this horse?"The Yanks also struggle to get their heads around a colt that has already beaten older horses, that has won over more ground than his rivals have ever attempted and that is not on the Lasix drug allowed in the US but nowhere else.They are taking no chances, posting Mubtaahij as 10/1 fourth favourite behind American Pharoah (2/1), Dortmund (4/1) and Carpe Diem (7/1).Just imagine the boykie from Alberton leading in the winner of the "Run for the Roses", before the iconic Twin Spires, with the marching band playing My Old Kentucky Home and toasted with mint julep cocktails by a berserk crowd.If that isn't a siren's call to switch to the racing channel next Saturday, you've greater resolve than old Odysseus himself...