I thought the show was very good. Making the jockeys and horses more personal only adds to the interest in the sport. If I was at Santa Anita today I would have a new appreciation if I were to see Mike Smith, Chantel, Joe Talamo, Zenyata, etc.
The more you know about their lives, the more connected to the sport. Heck, just look what DT Stables has done for so many of us that just watched and bet races from the stands. Getting inside the sport has greatly enhanced the pleasure and love of the sport. This is what this show can do.
In the same way American Idol (whether you like it or not) takes unknowns and over the season makes raving fans for many of them, Jockeys in a small way can do similar. Will it produce new fans? Maybe, but I think it will move a small segment of the population, whether they be new or exisiting players, closer to the sport and not away.
Too bad the % of people watching the show was most likely very small. I wonder how many did see it and what the reaction was.
Spyder
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