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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
Certainly that is not the case on this website, 50% of people say he is a toss.
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That's true, but on the other hand, I still think there's plenty of "rooting for the Triple Crown" around here, with people talking about Justify as if his form, how he looks in workouts, etc., makes him close to a cinch, when in fact the past record of TC attempts alone should make one at least say he could get beat, even if one thinks that ultimately he probably won't.
And just as an aside, I have really never understood rooting for the Triple Crown. One of the things I didn't like about Tom Durkin is he did it every damned time. He would be crying at the end of his Belmont Stakes calls, as if it was some horrible tragedy that a horse couldn't get a mile and a half. (And that sort of thing is especially bad for an on-track announcer, rather than on TV, when you consider there were plenty of bettors at the track who bet against the TC and don't need the announcer to be rooting that they lose their money.)
If the TC happens, it happens. If it doesn't, that's racing. There's no reason whatsoever to root for it unless you personally love Justify as a horse for some reason.
