Triple Crown Not Great For Horse Racing....

[munster705]

Before you jump all over me on this one....please hear me out....

I am as happy as anyone the AP got it done on Saturday (historically as well as financially for myself :0)). But I would argue against this being so great for horse racing in a long term sense. Consider this. The people on this forum....the people that truly care about horse racing like you and I will always be fans. The triple crown races draw in the bandwagon fans for 5 weeks a year. In the short term, this is great for racing. Horse racing is the lead story on Sportscenter. It is being talked about on the local radio stations. That's today. What happens a month from now? Nobody outside of the usual passionate fans will care anymore. That is the sad truth of it all. Next year when another 3 year old wins the Kentucky Derby, there will not be the same buzz about the Triple Crown because it only happened a year ago.

I can make the comparison to my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox in 2004. After 86 years, we finally won the World Series. Boston partied like crazy. We nmever thought we would see the day. And now, there simply is not the same passion as it used to be. I fear that this will be true for Horse Racing.