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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Well, Joel, the actual " gambler ", or the person betting enough money to actually help support this game, is on average pretty unconcerned with the higher level racing, and thus these top horses that run infrequently don't really affect us.
It's much more about the 4th race on a Thursday than it is about the Travers. The Travers may be a lot more interesting to talk about but it is highly unlikely to be as interesting to bet as the Thursday mid day race.
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Perhaps, then, there is no such thing as a particular animal being good for the game.....or we need to differentiate between what's good for the bettors (those who don't care about the horses and just like to gamble) and what's good for the actual racing fans.
I'm sure hardcore gamblers do not give a fig about Bernardini...or Barbaro or any other really top horse, as long as they continue picking winners (at Belmont or Finger Lakes or wherever racing is conducted). However, actual racing fans, who care about the horses and follow the sport (and don't necessarily bet) like to see good horses....that's what I mean by Bernardini being good for the sport (especially after Barbaro's breakdown). I could be dead wrong about him having any effect on fans or the sport in general; in that case, I will just have to hope he wins big simply because he's a favorite of mine.