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Originally Posted by imgv94
Derby winners are usually overhyped, but Big Brown deserves all the hype he's gettin. Not only is he is undefeated but he's also untested. Agree 100% about the weak fields he's faced but it's not like he's beating these bad fields by noses and heads he's KILLING THEM.
His hype is deserved. This is the best chance for a Triple Crown winner that I've witnessed and boy does the horse racing industry need this. Anything to put horse racing positively in the limelight is fine by me. Big Brown has yet to be challenged..
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Have to dissent.
I'd rather see horse racing put in a negative light, perhaps with some corrective legislation pending.
If so, it may encourage reform, which this protected industry desperately needs. (Note that UIGEA exempts racing from it's bet ban.)
It needs reform both in its drug policy, and its breeding practices. If the graphic, before millions, death of Eight Belles encourages that, she would at least given a postmorten boost to her breed.
In Europe, they refer to American racing as "the battle of the best illegal drugs." And breeding from fragile speedsters is also a greed-motivated crime.