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Old 04-10-2009, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
In my opinion the BC is more about the veterans and hardcore players... two days and 13 races is too much for someone to jump into this game. It's way too much racing for a newbie to understand.

Races like the Kentucky Derby and Belmont (with TC on the line) are better venues for new fan attraction.

Good point. However, i consider myself somewhat of a hardcore fan/player and when i was watching the races at our OTB where you couldnt hear Trevor, i had no clue what Desert Code or Goldikova's silks were, hence it would have been really nice to know they were the 9 or 4 horse with their saddle towel. As a fan and bettor, its hard enough to try and pick winners out of the form, no sense in making them memorize silks to 200 horses over the 2 days.
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