National coverage on Monday (822 Views)
Posted by:
Ron G. (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 01:11AM
While many in the industry think Barbaro's breakdown is bad for racing overall, it seemed every national cable news and network news carried stories about Barbaro, the injury, the surgery, his recovery, the problems facing a thoroughbred with this injury, stud values, etc. on Monday. In fact I couldn't get away from these stories as they were all over the news no matter what station I changed to, even the business chanels. Maybe more importantly, all the coverage seemed postive, uplifting stories about everyone involved from the trainer, the rider, the vets and the surgeons. I can't remember seeing horseracing being covered so much in one day on tv. It may be wishful thinking, but if Barbaro lives, it could be a help to racing overall.