New York State of Mind
Well, it was touch and go for awhile, but I’ve managed to convince the powers that be that our coverage of the Belmont Stakes just wouldn’t be the same without my insights. So, rather than watching Big Brown’s quest for history at Keeneland I’ll be live on the scene.
While I’m not a big fan of the racing-needs-a-Triple-Crown-winner line of thinking, I can say that a Triple Crown winner would help my business because more advertisers would want to be a part of the issues devoting to covering such a historic event.
Offshore gambling site Bodog sums up why I don’t think Big Brown winning the Triple Crown would be good for the sport: It lists odds on whether Big Brown will race past the Belmont Stakes. “Yes” is at 5-to-2 (+250) while “no” is at 1-to-4 (-400). That’s not a lot of confidence that we’ll see him in the Travers let alone in a showdown against Curlin.
