Very Mixed Feelings

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

I dont know.. I think people would be more excited about the race and BBrown's awesome performance if the race had not been marred by Tragedy.

I know I would be. I guess I'm just rooting for big brown because he's a talented horse and I'm not forming my opinion of the horse based around his trainer. The only negative opinions of horses that I had were the Thoroughbred Corp's horses cause I hate the prince. And even that I had to get over a little cause I loved Point Given (granted i didnt have an opinion on the prince with PG was running).

Surely there would be more celebration of the PERFORMANCE had Eight Belles not gone down, but I don't think there would be any more enthusiasm for THE HORSE. Eight Belles living or dying doesn't have any effect on the fact that Big Brown has unlikeable connections. As a fan, I'd love to see a Triple Crown winner, but there's part of me that wants to see him get beaten because I'm not a Dutrow fan. If Big Brown had just about any other trainer (save for the other juicers), I'd be full bore rooting for him to win the Crown.