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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
The only thing about the Triple Crown that should be changed is having the last race on a different network. The Triple Crown is the one enduring tradition of the sport that actually works and has gained in popularity.
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Do you think that changing the Derby to 9f would make many of the new people that watch racing for the first time on Derby Day say "Well, I'm not watching that now?" How about the Preakness dropping over 30k in attendance because they don't allow the infield partying and drinking this year? The party is what brought many of the people, not the fact that the race was 9.5f. Do you think that if the Preakness was one week later, people wouldn't watch it anymore? The Belmont draws over 100k when a TC is on the line. It draws barely 70k when there's not. People are coming for the event, not because of the distance and conditions of the race. I guarantee you that the vast majority of people do not know the conditions of the races and wouldn't even notice if they were changed.
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