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Originally Posted by Cardus
There is no debate that the 12 furlongs is an archaic distance. It is still a substantial test and is worthy whether a Triple Crown is on the line or not. Though your remark about the drop off in attendance and ratings is correct, those numbers are sizeably better than the Travers' numbers. Seventy thousand people have shown up for a non-Triple Crown contended Belmont Stakes, and the race gets a few percentage points in the Neilsen ratings. What is the Travers' Neilsen? I tried to access NYRA's Media Guide without success, but I suspect that the Travers -- having been there multiple times -- does not routinely draw in the 70s, if at all.
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http://www.nyra.com/Belmont/mediagui...orySection.pdf
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Not what you were looking for, but it does help out a bit.