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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Yes but this is a Horse Racing Message Board. Of course we all know about Bernardini. Bernardini is not a household name outside of racing by any stretch of the imagination. EVERYONE knew Funny Cide and Smarty Jones. You have no idea how many people I know in NY that have no interest in racing that were asking me about them. Now, to be fair they were TC aspirants, but even people knew about Lost in the Fog. Now, sure, Bernardini's Preakness win was WAY overshadowed by Barbaro's injury, but it also masked that there was no human interest story involving Bernardini.
I think it would be fair to say that Beyer is acutely aware of how much human interest stories fuel racing.
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lol,
its sad but true.
earlier in the year during Saratoga, I would mention to my friends that they should check out ESPN on Saturday afternoon b/c a memorable horse named Bernardini would be running.
Told them we would look back 15 years from now and talk about how we saw him run.
they would respond with something like,
"could he beat Funny Cide or Smarty Jones?"
LMAO,
the casual sports fan just will never get it.
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