“Challenge Met!”
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Previously on the Tony Kornhauser Show. You have to put the lower slats into the position. And every time I tried to flip it over, it was like dominoes. It would just fall out. And you kept getting closer and closer to you, just over my shoulder. And then without any prompt, you started to just place a hand on these lower planks.
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This is General George Washington and you're listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show.
So we're going to do something a little bit different today. I'm not going to concentrate on the basketball last night or the draft lottery or, you know, the Nats or anything like that because I want to get right to Andy Byer because Andy's making room for us today and I appreciate that. The last time we talked, Mage did not come up and then Mage won a pretty good Kentucky Derby down the last quarter or so, took over the race. It was really quite fast and quite good. As you reviewed that race, what did you think of Mage's performance?
Well, I was dubious about maids going into the Kentucky Derby just on historical grounds. I mean, the whole history of the Derby says that horses really need enough experience and foundation. in order to win the Derby. And, you know, Mage didn't pass any of the tests. He'd only raced three times in his career. He'd never raced as a two-year-old. You know, we always joked that this was the curse of Apollo, quite a granted. 1892 without uh you know without running as a two-year-old and he won and then like 80 years passed and no other horse could do it um but mage ran uh you know a very respectable race with you know with with with so little experience behind him um you know, he came from, you know, way in the back of the pack, you know, finished strongly.
I mean, uh, he, uh, you know, uh, you know, he, it was a legitimate, his, his speed figure for the race, 105 was, uh, one of the best in several years. So I, I guess I would have to say he, he's a legitimate horse, uh, uh, but we'll, uh, uh, unfortunately not get really much of a further test for him in the Preakness on Saturday, because I think it's safe to say that this is maybe the worst Preakness ever.
So I heard about this. I heard that not a single horse from the Kentucky Derby other than Mage is entered in the Preakness, and I can't It's unfathomable to me that everybody, not everybody, but eight or ten horses continue from the Derby to the Preakness most of the time. There's a lot of money in there, and it's a triple crown race. Why is this happening?
This is unfortunately a continuation of a trend that has been going on for some time. I mean, trainers nowadays don't like to run their horses fast. with short rest. They like to space races out maybe several weeks apart. And increasingly, in the Preakness, the losers see no incentive to continue on from the Derby into the Preakness. the winner of the Derby will come to the Preakness because he could win the Triple Crown. You know, he's the most celebrated horse in the country. You've got to take a shot at it. But, I mean, there's an answer to all this, and that is something that's been batted around unsuccessfully for years, and it's just to change the timing of the races. uh, you know, push the Preakness back to three weeks behind the Derby, run the Belmont sometime around Memorial Day, and you can eliminate this issue.
But, uh, uh, the racing, the racing industry is not necessarily one to make changes radically. And, uh, But if this year's fiasco doesn't prompt a real revision of the series, I can't imagine what they can do to prevent this from happening again.
Andy, if Mage wins, or even if Mage doesn't win, do you expect some of the good horses from the Derby to enter the Belmont? Because that would be a five-week rest period.
Um, they, they, they might, uh, but, but again, you know, mile and a half races, uh, are, you know, have become kind of an anachronism in, in American racing. I mean, if they're, let's say, and so trainers don't necessarily, uh, look to, to run horses at that distance, unless they think they're really cut out for the, uh,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–6:14
2
What does Andy Beyer say about Mage’s Kentucky Derby performance and legitimacy?
6:14–14:37
3
Why did so few Kentucky Derby horses enter the Preakness this year?
14:37–21:50
4
Could the Preakness/Belmont schedule change solve Triple Crown participation issues?
21:50–32:47
5
What is the controversy around Forte (Forte/Fort) and its impact on the Triple Crown field?
32:47–48:42
6
Why might Rafael Nadal miss the French Open and is his career over if he withdraws?
48:42–55:38