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Originally Posted by King Glorious
I'd like to ask you two questions:
1. If they changed it to 9f, 9.5f, and 10f and made it the first Saturday in May, Memorial Day, and the Fourth of July........would you stop watching? Do you think that any people who are already fans would stop watching?
2. Do you think that the general public, those that aren't racing fans but that tune in for the TC races and have a chance to get turned on to the game, do you think that they actually know the conditions of the races? Would the Derby not still be a social event if it was 9f when 90% of the people that are watching don't even know what a furlong is?
I'd be willing to bet that most people don't know what a furlong is, don't know where the races are held, don't know the distances, and don't know how many previous TC winners there have been. Changing the TC races wouldn't bother them in the least bit. The only people that would know that the conditions aren't the same would be racing fans and even a lot of those that you see at the tracks and otb's around the country don't even know the conditions and wouldn't know if you changed them. And Kasept is telling us that we shouldn't compare the horses of today to those of yesterday anyway so why do we need to keep running them under the same conditions? Why not change the conditions and just love and admire the new winners for what they are and comparisons to past champions isn't important?[/QUOTE
I watch Mdn 3200's from Turf Paradise so of course I would watch the triple crown.. You don't yet it.. First you have the Derby which is an incredible event and race..Two weeks later which is unprecidented in TB racing you have to shorten up and face new faces..Then 3 weeks later you need to go once around on the only track of its kind in the USA.. It is friggin hard and then after you win it you go down in hostory FOREVER among the true greats. You freshen up (both trainer and horse) and prep for the Travers at the graveyard of favorites. Honestly its fn perfection.. I love it just teh way it is!!
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Yeah, but when was the last time a horse competed (meaning was at least in the money) in all three triple crown races and then went on to race in the travers? Point Given?