Zayat's not laughing with Gaffigan's Triple Crown shtick

By Jonathan Lintner
Photo: CBS Sunday Morning

We've reached the point of Triple Crown season, with a bid on the line and just one more week to wait, that those who normally don't pay attention to horse racing begin to do so.

And there are opinions. Of course there are opinions.

Those of comedian Jim Gaffigan, who lives in New York and presumably will not be attending the 2018 Belmont Stakes, were not well received by the racing community after they aired on the latest edition of CBS Sunday Morning.

Gaffigan considers horse racing an outdated form of sport, of which the sole purpose -- in his eyes, gambling -- is glossed over.

Ahmed Zayat called "Why Jim Gaffigan doesn't get horse racing" a "totally outrageous piece. Taking to Twitter, the owner and breeder of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah encouraged those close to racing to "raise up" and have their rebuttals heard.

And they did.

This one honestly appears less offensive and more just, well, not funny. Another New Yorker, Jerry Seinfeld, did it first -- and did it better.

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