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Originally Posted by Afleet
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Sienfeld's was funnier, but I don't get the poutrage about it tbh.
Horseracing is about gambling. For Zayat of all people to freak out about that is what got the chuckle out of me. Zayat taking the high ground
Have to admit, those HERE objecting that...cognitive disonance much?
The Derby has become a asinine, unwatchable farce. If you don't follow the sport it is your sole point of reference and it is Tara and Johnny and pointless, clueless celebrities, and Kid Rock, whose 15 minutes was up about literally a century ago, and cooking show bs, and stupid clothes. And drunks. And even in a good race, crazy bumper cars out of the gate, which nobody, esp true followers, likes to see.
My dad's family is old time Louisville, they stopped going to the Derby years ago and like a lot of natives go to Oaks day exclusively instead, which has apparently gone to hell too. This was their last year.
Then there is the race itself. In terms of a quality run race, it is not. This year's may just have done it for me. When you talk to average people who watched this year's Derby, they found it bordering on animal abuse. They do not understand why it was allowed to go forward in those conditions. The Preakness' conditions only increased the bad taste in their mouths. Likely that is what prompted this.
Justify may be worshiped here, but ordinary people associate him with an unpleasant experience and now there is 70% chance of rain for the evening for the Belmont. Should he win, he will be the least popular TC winner in history with the general public, simply due to the circumstances in which he ran.
The whipping will always be turn off for the general public. That is just reality. And let's be honest, races could be run without it. Let the horses' inherent motivation and will to win become the hallmark of winners. Riderless horses crossing the line first prove whipping isn't really necessary...jockeys either for that matter.
The amount of pearl clutching, suggests a nerve was struck.