Derby on downward path

Is it just me or is national interest in the Kentucky Derby waning?

I perused through a few sports fronts online last weekend and was surprised that many didn't even put the race on the cover and the ones that did seemed to favor it because of the dead horse. Makes you think if the race had been less tragic, more papers would have teased it only.

Here's the preview section cover from the Lexington Herald-Leader. It's the year of "election themes."

The cartoon buttons were carried over to the online presentation, used in a scrolling index that readers could click on for capsules.
The print section was formatted with a foldable pocket guide to the Derby.