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A decent week

Updated: May 3, 2010, 5:14 PM ET
By Jay Cronley | Special to ESPN.com

There are a number of reasons to be on board with horse racing at the moment, beginning where all analysis focuses, at the cash box.

Ratings were great for Kentucky Derby 136. And, whatever the ratings are, they should be padded or expanded, as people who enjoy horse racing the most are at tracks or at the simulcast venues Derby Day, not home playing patty cake in front of the tube. Were people at tracks and off-track joints able to be rated, numbers would please networks even more. The ...

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