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Old 05-04-2010, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell View Post
You have to think the other sports competition (which was awful, i was looking for a reason to not watch the prerace crap but couldnt find anything) which was a 8-0 baseball game, a golf tourney with no top players, girls softball and drag racing or something like that had to help the rating.
That has to be the explanation. It otherwise seemed like the least likely year for the Derby to attract viewers. Several non-fan friends mentioned not hearing about any horses leading up to the Derby.

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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
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