Triple Crown Not Great For Horse Racing....

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Originally Posted by helicopter11

Those are some valid points but try explaining the game of football to a non-fan. They may not even care of the rules, they just root for their home team. Horse Racing doesn't have HOME TEAMS, brackets, elimination rounds, playoffs. Horse racing is one of few sports where you can duck and dodge your competition for an easier spot.
What exactly are non horse racing fans rooting for? Their favorite number or color? In that case ,you will have an easier time bringing in 6 year olds as fans in the game than a 32 year old.

Non horse racing fans aren't rooting for anything because they are not watching. That's my whole point. I honestly do not think that, in the long run, what AP has done will do much of anything for horse racing. In the end, those of us that loved horse racing prior will still love horse racing now and those pople that were not fans before have already forgotten about horse racing. We should be trying to figure out how to permanently pick up new fans instead of hanging our hats on what 1 horse did for a 5 week stretch. That juice is already gone. Most tracks are still hurting and can't get the handle that they need to stay alive.