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Derby TV Ratings
...highest in 17 years??
Surprising with the lack of a "Super" horse... http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=4137216 |
oh god, good news for horse racing...:zz: not sure how to handle it..
it's john whites fault......:D |
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Maybe because someone could find it.. and it wasnt bumped for Womans College Volleyball ? :D
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Very odd that it was the highest in 17 years, yet I saw somewhere betting was down 5%...
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Crappy weather in combination with a crappy economy. I'm guessing more people stayed home, and I don't think there was much else on tv.
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It's good news . Now horse racing has a horse that can capture the imagination of children and new fans . As a child I was fascinated by horse racing and loved Carryback, "the people's horse" .
Now kids have "the little horse that could " Mine That Bird . A horse they can root for . |
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Yep Seattle Slew, Winning Colors, Barbaro and last but not least , "what is that gelding who won last Saturday's Derby's name again", Yeah him..lol |
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I doubt that . You can't win them all . This sport is not all about multi million dollar horses titillating sleezy rich folks . The future of the sport is youth and safety and care for the horse . As a matter of fact , the commercial breeders play a large role in degrading the sport .
This year's Hero is Mine That Bird because of what he did in the KD. Like it or not . And I think kids love the little champ . |
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yeah all the kids knew that Mine That Bird would win, thats why the ratings were so high |
Of course not . I'm saying from this point forward Mine That Bird is something kids can love . The little underdog that won the KD . Running against the big rich guys . This is good for the future of the sport . Go Baby Go !!
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And here I thought the ratings were up because the national audience was finally subjected to decent coverage, albeit too short, rather than the stuttering ramblings of a drunken Stammerin' Hank - perhaps ESPN could ditch the boozer and play off your "little horsey that could" angle
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Even kids will get sick of a loser....if we are operating from the POV that they even give a crap to begin with, which is really stretching my imaginitive abilities in the first place. |
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