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Originally Posted by PatCummings
Jennie Rees from the Louisville Courier-Journal has this posted on her blog. "My mantra: There's never a bad Derby, some are just better than others."
Agreed entirely that the race does not have the highest quality. A glance at the PPs makes this indisputable.
The very fact, however, that people bemoan the race because its quality, top to bottom, is lacking, is a function of people looking for something to criticize. I don't think we have any future superstars (edit - in this race), and we certainly have no current stars...
They can't criticize the card, the lack of claiming races, the full fields, and the other good stakes races...leaving this to be the lone critical element...I guess that's why we have message boards. It's tiring and predictable.
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And as customers we have the right to criticize the product being delivered. And you being a racing insider is doing what racing insiders always do. Dismiss our complaint and talk down to us like we dont know what the hell we are talking about.