Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, I'll Have Another, Belmont Stakes, Preakness, Triple Crown
In a huge blow to the horse racing world, trainer Doug O'Neill has announced that Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another won't be running the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.I'll Have Another, who would have been going after the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978, has been scratched and won't run, as reported on the Dan Patrick show.
This is quite unfortunate to both NBC and the world of horse racing, since it drastically decreases interest in Saturday's race.
Instead of potentially outstanding ratings and a huge interest boost while I'll Have Another seeks history, they're now left without the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, and also missing another one of the favorites, Bodemeister.
It looks like it's time for people to go back to the real world, in which no one actually cares about horse racing.
While some people pretend to care, the fact is that horse racing is hardly even acknowledged outside the 3 Triple Crown races, and no one really knows what they're talking about when they discuss the races.
Perhaps this is actually a blessing in disguise. Hopefully, ESPN will ignore the irrelevance that this race has become, and focuses on something more important.
Like... well, anything.
6/11/12 | jaysinw | 4677 respect
LOL so like I said they put you out to pasture a long time ago... OTB is a great thing if you cannot be live. See, I never said you had not won or raced, what I was saying is I am sure you had never won the money that he had by racing.
6/11/12 | derms33 | 17227 respect
I won a few things and ran ok in my day...And i like horse racing, then again I gamble
6/11/12 | jaysinw | 4677 respect
Stop caring about horse racing???? I do not know to many people who watch the races unless they like horse racing. It is not like fans of MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA who states the season means nothing and I only watch the post season.
6/11/12 | jaysinw | 4677 respect
You also cannot run like I'll have another or was a winner like him... so you have been put to pasture long time ago.
6/8/12 | derms33 | 17227 respect
He stepped wrong and now he is retired...jeez, I have stepped wrong a ton of times...put me out to pasture
6/8/12 | Wards_Page | 167 respect
Agreed. They were never going to take a chance with a horse like that. And I really believe he had the stuff to win the Belmont, but who knows. I'll still be watching tomorrow though.
6/8/12 | jjh8857 | 254 respect
Hate it. Been a horse racing fan all my life. Really is a blow to the sport. Fortunately the move may save the animals life.
6/8/12 | Wards_Page | 167 respect
Yes, by all means, now ESPN can focus on important things like the NBA draft, sports bloopers, and hiring more screaming illiterates. Dislike horse racing all you like, but whatever you do don't make ESPN your go-to source for so-called "important" sports stories.
6/8/12 | derms33 | 17227 respect
Horse wasn't going to win anyways...track is too long and they knew it