Re: 2006 Horse of the Year (480 Views)
Posted by:
jma11473 (IP Logged)
Date: November 30, 2006 12:59PM
I agree with those who say Invasor gets Horse of the Year and Bernardini gets 3YO honors on the track. However, for everyone who rightly points out that racing screws up every chance for positive press coverage, this is a chance to do something right. Barbaro is the most well-known thoroughbred (at least based on media coverage and the number of websites that track all the news in his recovery) in many, many years and has shown tremendous courage in just surviving, much less recovering the way he has. His connections have shown nothing but class throughout. If they don't have an award to give him, they'd best make one up, because racing needs the heartwarming moment. It can do nothing but give positive publicity to a sport that desperately needs it.