Rachel, handle, exposure... it's all there

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Kasept

The NHL's greatest injury was self-inflicted by undermining its' own fan base abandoning core and niche markets for what they thought were greener pastures in non-ice sport markets. Morons.

exactly-they tried to appeal to other than their fan base...a good point that racing should pay attention to. i think some people feel if it isn't on espn, it doesn't matter. with espn seemingly abandoning horse racing, hopefully nbc will pick up the slack-like they did with the nhl. ratings yesterday were the second highest in two decades for the preakness. that is a good sign. increased handle was another. it shows that the attempts to get record crowds at the track was NOT the way to go. crowdsize was way down, but i think that helped. it certainly didn't hurt.