I think the sport has one chance to get back in the spotlight and it will be when a horse wins the Triple Crown. At that point two things could happen. The TC winner will retire and all the media attention and potential new fans will be lost. Or the TC winner stays in training and goes on to become one of the all time greats and draws tons of new fans to the sport. So I absolutely do not want to see a horse win the Triple Crown if they are going to ruin that one chance for the sport and just retire afterwards. However, if there were a gelding or a colt with the right connections that actually raced through their 3yo and 4yo season it would be absolutely fantastic for the sport. As big a fan as I am of Afleet Alex and as badly as I wanted to see Smarty win the TC I am glad both of them only won 2 out of 3 since neither ran after the Belmont and would have wasted racing's one big chance.
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03-02-2007, 01:26 PM
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