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In no particular order, let me start with the Kentucky Derby.

Over 19 million total viewers in the final hour of the TV coverage.

And by comparison, last summer's NBA finals, game seven, average 16 million.

This is sort of the March madness of other sports. When you think about it, everybody is doing a

pool, Kentucky Derby pool, your wife, daughters, you, your friends, everybody's picking a horse, everybody's watching,

you have parties where you get dressed up. And it feels like, just like March Madness,

it's still an event. It doesn't matter who's in it. It's still an event. And there's still

surprises. And that was the beauty of what you saw with the Kentucky Derby, because when you

think about the Derby, it's kind of standing still in time. It's still about the spectacle,

the power and precision, the pageantry, the outfits, the horses, everything looks beautiful,

manicured.

But when you think about the derby, in today's society with sports,

everything is you're getting bigger and stronger and better and faster,

more powerful.

Golden Tempo's winning time on Saturday was just over two minutes and two seconds.

Now, that's an impressive run.

Secretariat's 1973 finish was one minute 59 seconds, 59.4.

So the gap of more than two and a half seconds.

And you go, okay, well, that's not too bad.

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