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05-05-2009, 09:07 PM
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Obama!!!
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05-05-2009, 09:44 PM
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Hate to say it, but I think increased ratings were because of what happened to Eight Belles and Barbaro. Something emotional and terrible happens that's talked about around the water cooler, people want to see it first hand.
Luckily, instead this year they saw a feel-good "anyman" story, Borel crying for missing his momma and daddy, a pair of cowboys doing good, etc.
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05-05-2009, 10:21 PM
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05-05-2009, 10:24 PM
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But, all my non-racing friends know about Barbaro, and what happened to Eight Belles ...
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05-05-2009, 10:39 PM
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My oh my, hell has frozen over, horse racing makes the cover of Sports Illustrated, and it's for a good thing ...
www.ntra.com
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05-05-2009, 10:52 PM
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I still have that issue.
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05-06-2009, 06:32 AM
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05-06-2009, 06:30 AM
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I know we gained some Golf viewers
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05-06-2009, 07:54 AM
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I do think its really cool that the cowboys had a lot of respect for Barbaro and that story and put the roses on the statue and then handed them out to hundreds of "fans". I wonder if that has happened before? giving ALL the roses out?
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05-06-2009, 09:24 AM
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05-06-2009, 10:59 AM
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I agree with her that the recent break downs brought more attention to the sport. That could have something to do with the ratings... it was probably more of a case that weather was poor lots of places and there wasnt much else on tv.
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05-06-2009, 12:13 PM
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Not good for the sport, but good for ratings for the TV network.
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05-05-2009, 10:00 PM
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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