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Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May
Jim, did you see the poster that they (ESPN? BC? NTRA?) put out? It pretty much said screw Invasor, Sun King, etc. Its all about those two. Thats where I took the Lava Man/Bernardini thing from...
http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/bc_man...oster_2006.pdf
Also, I do think that seeing Bernardini win impressively would have been better than seeing him run 2nd. I think he ran a great second, but to some - esecially non sports fans - 2nd, no matter how good/bad it is, is just a losing effort. I do think that the fans that he could have attracted woudl have been s you said people not to be counted on, but you never know. I'd rather have the fans for a couple of months than not at all. Its not provable that he'd have indeed brought in more fans but that's just how I feel. Tons of individual horses have brought fans to the game - Funny Cide brought a ton in I think (he got me hooked), Smarty Jones, Point Given was the one who first got me interested. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that most people on here could pinpoint one of the 'greats' that brought them in - Slew, Affirmed, Secretariat, etc. Not all, but quite a few. I'm not comparing Bernardini to those, because he isnt, but wouldnt it have been great if he was? THen again, wouldnt it have been great if he had no nuts? LOL |
Yes, I saw that poster and that is what I was talking about. Marketing people often get it wrong when they try to simplify things.
Yes a great horse might attract casual people and some of them may hang around and become long term fans. I just think in the long run it doesn't convert many. My main point was that I think that there was one great horse that was overlooked by everyone including the marketers. To bring in the most viewers they should have billed it as a battle of the worlds best, US (East and West), South America (Invasor), Europe (George and Junior).