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Is it possible for Francesca Cumani to sound any more like she is just going through the motions than she does at the Cheltenham Festival this week…………..she sounds completely out of her depth and extremely disinterested to boot.
Her comments and the precious few links that she is trusted with totally lack any bite or insight and add nothing to the coverage ,its like small talk and for someone with her background really poor.
Blander than bland and definitely not hired on merit.
you’re not wrong,thought she was awful yesterday. i have no problems with the actual coverage but the rubbish between races, for the Cheltenham festival!!!, is doing my head in!
And what’s with this fashion b******s? It’s bad enough having to endure it at Royal Ascot but Cheltenham?
Absolutely Gladiateur. It’s dismal. Accept it at Ascot but has no place at Cheltenham. All they seem to do is drink and laugh like idiots anyway. Extremely irritating.
Agree about Cumani too. I can tolerate her during flat meetings but totally out of her depth with NH
Lets face it , Francesca Cumani is only there for the eye candy .
I don’t think Sir Anthony McCoy brings anything whatsoever to the party ; if anything he is a nothing but a curmudgeon and dare I say , seems to have a slight chip on his shoulder.
Alice Plunkett and Luke Harvey , for all their faults , should be applauded for their enthusiasm for the sport and good nature , and especially for having to put up with Chapman .
Mick Fitzgerald is the best of a bad bunch .
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Gleeson is painful. Brings nothing to the table at all.
Cumani is dreadful tooOtherwise decent coverage
ITV having a great day.
“Girl” jockey wins, blind owner wins…engage “Britain’s got Talent” mode. Bet they wish they’d still been on air after the bumper yesterday and they could have filled the bingo card…. POIGNANT!!!We have to sell this sport to people who aren’t already hooked. So as much as racing is about the horses we need the human interest stories as well.
If this afternoons action doesn’t get the juices flowing and bring people into this game I don’t know what will.
I know everyone likes to knock the tv coverage whether it is ITV, RUK or SSR but I think Ed Chamberlain et al have done a good job this week.
There will always be quibbles about this presenter or that but totally agree that they are putting together very decent coverage and a very good window to the sport
I prefer Brian Gleeson in the betting ring to Chapman….he generates enthusiasm and excitement and he knows his stuff.
Very interesting decision to demote Chapman to the sideshow of the Social Stable which has always been crap and remains so because his double act with Gleeson really never worked.
I agree that McCoy isn’t adding much and has an attitude problem at times …..quite entertaining to see him and hear him barely containing his disdain for the awful Cumani.Well Bryony and Andrew Gemmell made the BBC 10 o’clock news in a nice positive story. And the presenter got to use the word “poignant” about Paisley Park’s win so journalistic requirements satisfied. Not sure the Stayers’ result evoked “a keen sense of sadness or regret” in winning connections as per online dictionary definition but hey ho.
Happy racing story on the main news so all well.If Francesca says “FOR THE NORTH” again when describing Definitley Red then I might cave in my TV.
Its not Game Of Thrones.
I don’t like the magazine style they try to promote with the TV coverage.
I’ve taken to watching border force between races at Cheltenham.
Why oh why can’t it be a programme dedicated to racing with experts to analyse the horses in the paddock and to discuss the form and betting between races. How I miss the Ch4 now with all its faults.Alex
That’s exactly what RTV did. A live presenter in the paddock giving you shots of as many horses as possible followed by on course presenters discussing the form of as many contenders as time permits and then immediately after looking back at the race, discussing not only the placed horses but also other runners to take out of the event.
That’s not to mention all the preview programmes every morning as well.
ITV meanwhile want to bring in non racing fanatics for the big events to boost viewing figures so they have to convey the whole sense of occasion, the atmosphere generated by the massive crowds and the human interest stories in the sport.
I thought on the whole they did a good job if this.
I watched ITV live and recorded RTV’s coverage and as time permitted watched as many races as I could a second time around. I enjoyed both. I’ll do the same again at Aintree.
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