A Sad Day For Racing

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Duvalier

Exactly...who cares? So if Blame had won, the sport would take a huge step forward...handle would go up and racing would be so much better today for it...yeah right. Who won HOY has no impact whatsoever on whether or not people are going to wager or how much they're going to wager on the races today...tomorrow or the rest of the year.

Really? You don't think who wins HOTY will galvanize a budding fan base, add to attendance and handle and rescue our great sport from its doldrums? Amazing.

The difference is that one camp and her loyal fans said that this was part of the criteria for their horse winning.