Ok I Have Had Enough

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

this I don't understand.

why would it have been very good for horse racing?

why is racing worse off that Invasor won?

Its all pretty much a moot point since he was retired, but all casual sports fans have been hearing about in the last week or two is "Bernardini, Bernardini, Bernardini". Hell, some of my boys at college were asking me about him and they dont know the difference between a furlong and a frontrunner. Never have watched horse racing but wanted to see this horse. They watched just to see this horse win. I mean, I personally dont care, but when you're advertising a race to be Bernardini v. Lava Man and one finishes 2nd and the other well up the track, that cant be good. Would Bernardini winning have brought more fans to the game? Maybe. Would his retirement today have made the same fans so 'oh, well, nevermind then'? Probably. Theres something to be said for an upset, but there's also something to be said for a anima/person/whatever considered to be atop their trade/sport/whatever to shine on the biggest day...