So what if a few commentators want to change the time span in between races. They do not set the dates or make the rules. Their opinions do not agree with mine. I think how the races are run are just fine. It would be like Michael Phelps complaining that I swam two races in a row and this other competitor ran zero;so, I should have more time to compete in a third race. It does not work like that. If any owner wants to compete for the Triple Crown he/she has to follow tradition/rules that have been in place for many years. Political correctness about it not being fair because horses xyz did not run in the other two races is just a bunch of horse shit IMO.
I will concede that the owner was not treated like royalty at Churchill Downs. He comes off as big loud mouth. That does not set well with most people. However, was his horse denied anything that the other horses got. I do not think so. The race is about the horse not someone with a big ego. The fact that he was a newcomer does not excuse his bad behavior either.
I don't think political correctness had anything to do with it. If it did, I wouldn't even be arguing with you.
By the way, I do appreciate that fact that we've been arguing all of this time and not a bitchslap has occurred. At DU they'd have already broken the alert button.
Back to the matter at hand, the opinions of the commentators are just as valid as yours and mine regardless of whether or not they agree with you. Maybe more so since some of them are either former jockeys or other professions within the business.
I will, however, agree with you that changing the schedule would be a change of tradition and that would concern me a bit.
We'll just have to agree to disagree about the owner. While I have seen enough out of him to agree the "loud mouth" label fits (I think he'd even agree to that), I have not seen enough of him to use the label in a belligerent (aka he's an asshole) way.