Nicanor

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i just don't think it's a good thing that the #1 topic of discussion is a horse who broke down and was subsquently euthanized. how does that get people to forget eight belles' ending? i would think it would only reinforce it-along with whatever people got out of that stupid csi show--how many folks think that show is an accurate depiction each week??

Well, go see if you can find the clip somewhere, and watch it. It went on from Barbaro.

The care Barbaro received only reflected outstandingly well upon horse racing. People not even involved in the sport worshipped Richardson and the horse and the connections and followed the story for months and wept when he was lost and donated lots of money to the vet school.

Thus the sustained interest in Nicanor, so much so that one of the three major network news organizations featured five minutes of incredibly good PR for horse racing during the prime time evening newscast.

Versus the Derby and Eight Belles going down on national TV and slick hair, sunglasses and Dutrow and steroids.

Perhaps CBS Evening News should have played Beyers' talk on ATR?