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Will Triple Crown allure pay off for TV?
Networks hope event brings ratings boost

 
By Mel Bracht    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: June 6, 2008

With Belmont Stakes ratings sagging, ABC/ESPN executives are counting on Big Brown to pull "a triple.” Not win the first Triple Crown since 1978, but triple the ratings.

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