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Old 11-15-2010, 01:04 PM
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I guarantee you Big Brown's Belmont loss got significantly more national coverage than Zenyatta's BCC second, and Big Brown was probably the least noticed of the Derby-Preakness doubles of the last decade.
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Old 11-15-2010, 01:06 PM
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Also, maybe I'm biased because I'm on the East Coast, but Smarty Jones and Funny Cide seemed infinitely more popular locally than did Zenyatta. As far as average joes that I know, I'd say Zenyatta ranked with Afleet Alex in terms of popularity.
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I guarantee you Big Brown's Belmont loss got significantly more national coverage than Zenyatta's BCC second, and Big Brown was probably the least noticed of the Derby-Preakness doubles of the last decade.
That will happen when a huge favorite gets pulled up and eased when going for a Triple Crown.
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Old 11-15-2010, 01:09 PM
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That will happen when any horse ever is going for a Triple Crown.

Fixed that for you.
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Old 11-15-2010, 01:11 PM
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Fixed that for you.
The lead up to the race maybe...but his loss got significantly more coverage because of the circumstances surrounding it.
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Old 11-15-2010, 01:12 PM
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I'm not sure what your point is other than Zenyatta is probably less known to the average, casual fan of horse racing than Big Brown.
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