Highest Ratings for Derby in 18 Years

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by jms62

The options are simple for racing fans that are uninterested in the human intrest stuff. Watch TVG or HRTV and play other tracks until post time then switch over to ESPN to watch the Derby undercard and then to NBC to watch the Derby. Worked fine for me.

This really is the bottom line when it comes to griping about horse racing coverage... NBC etc. are not showing the race to appease gamblers. It's more than that. Hence the cool camera shots and angles... a massive percentage of the people watching the race don't even have a bet down... they could care less about the pan shot.