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Thanks Marlingford. I heard vague reports about Energumene suggesting it wasn’t bad news but nothing on Galvin other than he walked into the ambulance.
As for Maura Higgins, I get why ITV have involved her in the hope she might draw in non-traditional racing viewers. However, the script they have given her indicates she has zero interest in racing, which seems a strange message to want to convey to the unconverted.
I can’t blame her for taking the job, but it all seems very misguided. At least when they used Chris Hughes, who had a similar reality TV background, he was actually interested in the sport.
The itv coverage has been so tedious and stating the obvious. Only Kevin Blake shows a touch of common sense in his explanations .They forget that most people watching probably are more knowledgeable than most of the pundits.
Positive update on opening show about Galvin. Was allowed to travel home, bandaged up and due to arrive back in next hour.
Thanks for the update Cmap, I am glad they followed up. Really hope it is nothing too serious.
I muted it when they had the fashion/ lifestyle segment; it seems every major festival has to include it nowadays. Royal Ascot was really the only meeting where it was deemed neccessary, and I could accept that, and didn’t have an issue with it.
It’s all a far cry from the Ch4/ BBC Festival coverage……
Don’t adjust your TV sets, the girl is actually orange.
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Did Alice just say that this was the first all the way winner this week?!?
I know she was off on tuesday(I preferred the coverage) but was she not watching on tv when Myretown did the same?
Ed’s in his element today milking all the sentimentality for all it’s worth.
The more I know the less I understand.
But it’s the way society is going: everything has to be “relatable” and there has to be a “human” aspect to every story.
The irony, when millionaires and billionaires are writing the narrative.
It is to me Tonge. I understand there have been some poignant moments this week and they warrant some inclusion but Ed takes it to another level.
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Yes RTB. There’s a difference between highlighting the moving aspects of the event and the mawkish wallowing which Ed seems to revel in.
Mick Fitz getting paid to tell jockeys how long they have before the start
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Unless the Cheltenham festival and St Patrick’s Day actually coincide with each other (which this year they don’t – by at least three days) do ITV and the racecourse really have to make such an embarrassing fuss over it in the preliminaries?
I agree because they won’t do it for St George’s day.
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