What would a Triple Crown winner mean for the racing industry?
“I don’t mean to put down those who don’t follow racing, but the novice viewer or reporter immediately after the Derby thinks, if they win (the Triple Crown), horse racing will be saved and we’ll all be back in the 1930s again, and it’s just not going to happen. I think what will be good is the attention given to it during this time period, but the only difference if we win a Triple Crown is he’ll be on Time magazine in addition to Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine. “I don’t think (a Triple Crown winner) overnight is going to create millions of new horse fans; it’s just going to be great to talk about during that time period. But hopefully, the horse would keep racing, and then we could say, ‘Hey, the Triple Crown winner is racing again.’ That would be the benefit as far as drawing more fans, more television audience. “I think the chase of the Triple Crown is more exciting than the doing of it because we haven’t had a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed, and yet every year we kee
