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Thrusting a microphone in a jockeys face just after the race has ended.
Tanya Stephenson’s contributions
Interviewing the trainers
Doing fashion items at Royal Ascot or Goodwood etc
Good thread. Just want to expand a bit and say things to get rid of to improve.
Rishi
Mick
Tanya (unless she plays second fiddle to someone)
**** intro music
Too much interviewing
Programme being too clinical. Bring some characters in rather than all being "too perfect"and scripted.I agree with most of the above comments, I would add that it would be good to introduce a more cynical, questioning voice asking awkward questions of trainers in particular.
The cynical masses need representation.
I’ve argued about this before but it’s good that some people watch racing to see the fashion items; it can’t ‘just’ be about racing which has, in fact, always been a social event and needs to be in the future still if it is to survive. As I’ve said it was [apart from the Grand National] the only time anyone at work wanted to talk about it. I’d agree if fashion was discussed on RUK or ATR but racing must make itself interesting to a wider audience [lecture over
]Stop playing inane music every they put the runner&rider caption on screen.
Spend more than the usual 4/5 mins on the build up to a race.
Stop showing egg&spoon races from away tracks.
Accept that Emma spencer and nick Fitzgerald are flat/jumps experts and not the other way round.
Always use nick luck….him not being in ruk means the wonderful lydia hislop is now a regular on the big daysTanya Stevenson.
The viewer of any television programme should never feel the need to cringe or feel embarrassed for a show’s presenter – especially one who looks ill at ease and can hardly string two coherent sentences together.
Nothing against the woman, but tongue-tied Tanya is way out of her depth. She gets no better with the passing of time and continues to come across as very amateurish.
Her forte is betting and odds evaluation, but a tv presenter she most definitely is not.
Gambling Only Pays When You're Winning
Given time, I could see Rishi becoming a well-loved TV man but, sorry, imho Mick’s accent is a little too strong for comfortable listening
That interactive touchscreen replay thing.
The way Highflier used replay footage was so much better.
More time around the paddock and a chance to see every horse with a short comment about each. Just seeing the first 3 or 4 in the betting being led around the parade ring as the horses are being installed or lined up isn’t good enough. Also more time focusing on the horses going to post and a chance to see their action on the going and if they are sweating up etc.
Too much time wasted between races on market reports, negatives and positives. Just show the betting…we can work it out ourselves.
PS. Agree with Moe about the fashion being left in at Royal Ascot.. and although I didn’t like the guy I used to laugh out load at James Sherwoods outrageous comments on some of the fashion, like the one made about the hat that looked like it had been made on Blue Peter and resembling Tracy Island…
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...I like the trainer interviews although agreeing with betlarge you cant read too much into them but reading between the lines you can judge future targets and the horses wellbeing to a certain extent from what they say. It’s working out and remembering who talks porky pies the most and putting them in the memory black book.
Bring back James Sherwood, the funniest man on tv….
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Broadcasting at all ….its a shambles from start to finish …the old mob were nauseating with the old pals act ….this mob are just plain wrong
I look forward to the day they pack it in
imo
Ricky
But some of us can’t afford RUK and ATR; if Ch4 racing stopped I’d really would have to give up something else to pay for it [eg food]. And no one would ever develop an interest in racing that didn’t have an interest to start off with [and the numbers are reducing all the time].
Sorry Moe , you are right of course
I have a feeling it wont be too long though , terrestial tv and racing have a short shelf life
imo
Moe,
No need to pay for RUK – just ask a teenager with computer and internet knowhow (i.e almost any of them) to investigate and find an online stream. All you need is a decent broadband speed, a PC or laptop with some free software in place and away you go.
I keep up my RUK subscription solely to enable me to have racing on the TV while I watch other things (e.g football) online. There are times on a Saturday afternoon when a third eye would be useful!
But some of us can’t afford RUK and ATR; if Ch4 racing stopped I’d really would have to give up something else to pay for it [eg food]. And no one would ever develop an interest in racing that didn’t have an interest to start off with [and the numbers are reducing all the time].
If the general attitude to C4 Racing on this forum is representative of that of the public at large then there’ll only be you and Burroughill tuning in before long
Cricket hasn’t been shown on terrestrial television for several years and as far as I’m aware its popularity hasn’t diminished; so I don’t really agree with the oft-stated maxim that terrestrial racing broadcasts are crucial to maintain a supply of new converts
Likewise Golf which has, I think, of the ‘championship’ events just The Open and Masters left on terrestrial
The enjoyment of racing as a sport in its own sake is I believe one you either get or you don’t with few in the take-it-or-leave-it camp. Those that do get it solely as a sport are small in number relative to the number who get it as a the time-honoured racing-and-betting duality
So we small band who enjoy the sport in its own right shouldn’t expect our love to be indulged regularly on the goggler free of charge. That it has for so long is remarkable and to reiterate has IMO everything to do with slaking the betting fraternity’s thirst and little to do with satiating the epicurean tastes of the turfiste…
…so with that we have RUK. 20-odd sovs a month in order to indulge in many a delectable meal. Worth foregoing something else that costs £1 a day. I recommend donning thermal underwear and then turning the heating down a notch
so with that we have RUK. 20-odd sovs a month in order to indulge in many a delectable meal. Worth foregoing something else that costs £1 a day. I recommend donning thermal underwear and then turning the heating down a notch
Streuth ….this thread has taken the erotic route
Take CH4 Racing from me and I’ll sink into a geriatric depression - You must be logged in to reply to this topic.