Who does horse racing have?

Originally Posted by Gander

Baseball has Peter Gammons, Harold Reynolds and John Kruk, all excellent ambassadors to the sport if you will. All posess mountains of knowledge.

Now horse racing...Guys like Hank Goldberg, Mike Watchmaker and Andy Beyer are an embarrasment to the sport. Its become so bad that ESPN throws guys who know nothing about the sport like Kenny Mayne in there to try and make it worthwhile watching.

Why cant horse racing attract some star talent like the guys who do baseball?

Well horse racing has Randy Moss and Bailey and Stevens. But for the most part horse racing is a 4 day event in the nations eyes. It is Derby, Preakness, Belmont and Breeders Cup day. Horse racing isnt like baseball, basketball or nfl where the majority of the public cares about each sport all year long. I would love to see ESPN team-up with TVG. Heck, Lyons, Carruthers, Rudolph, Simon and throw Olivares (spelling) and you have yourself a great crew. They could get people interested in the sport. Heck throw in Greg Wolf as well. TVG has a great crew. Prob better than anyone.