Thinking about this some more. The amount of time that ESPN gave to the BC broadcast this year was pretty ambitious. Only a hard core fan (like most here) is going to commit to sitting down for, what, 6 hours of racing.
Rather than add 3 more races and a 2nd day of racing, I think it would have been a better idea to go to 2 days with the current lineup of 8 races. On the 2nd day you could have just 2 or 3 races, and the feeling would be more of a Championship. The Turf and the Classic would be on the 2nd day. Maybe the Distaff. That would make a nice 1.5-hour broadcast. The first day would have the 5 (or 6) other BC races, in a 3-4 hour broadcast.
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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