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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
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.
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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.
--Dunbar
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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
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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