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Old Henderson getting defensive when asked about the ground for Altior ..
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Each to their own opinion of course, but I do find the quite strong criticism of Richard Hoiles throughout this thread surprising. I find his commentaries to be accurate, informative and he rarely misses a fast finisher or suchlike. Find he also doesn’t have repetitive stock phrases which get churned out race after race. I would rather have RH than some of the alternatives.
I think its normally really enjoyable, but I get fed up with the Festival obsession. Agree with the previous poster, I find Hoiles efficient and erudite.
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Hoiles is certainly better than Jerry Hannon, who scarcely noticed that the favourite had fallen in the Beginners Chase today.
Richard Hoiles is a very good commentator but he does fill every available second with words and this can sound a bit prissy at times.
No surprise that the Great Ruby Walsh has brought his professional approach to his punditry by clearly doing his homework to the extent that even the barely interested McCoy is starting to raise his game in order to not look terrible by comparison.
The Walsh sense of humour has always sounded limited to one-way traffic and a bit prickly ( Chamberlin sounds terrified of him half the time) but the insight and expertise is top class even working from home.
Chapman’s latest trick of utterly fake shrieking of late market moves just before the off makes me yearn for the late great McCririck who could generate genuine added excitement by doing the same thing ,but Chapman just cheapens everything and makes it sound naff.
Aye Walsh is like the Roy Keane of racing. A seemingly miserable, aggressive, git but talks plenty sense.
And yes Chappers screaming is pretty daft.
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One other thing. Yes we like favourite horses but the way they go on about some of them is way over the top. Tiger Roll, Altior etc. And when they fail they shut up.
It must make other horse owners fed up keep hearing certain names all the time and not their charges. Just like in football, all you hear about is Liverpool and Man U and if the other team win, the former must of had an off day!
Bet Chamberlain was telling his kids yesterday “only 11 months to your advent calendar’s”, and will bang on about that to them every month now til then poor b…….!
Please ban presenters from mentioning “Happy birthday to” anyone they know who’ve had a birthday recently.
Value Is EverythingOne thing about announcers, when a horse who they rave about gets beaten they fail to give credit to the winner. Usually in such cases the winner was totally unthought of by them.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.I thought I’d watch this just to see how he got on. For some reason the video didn’t come up when I tried to play it but the audio played fine. I thought he did a decent job with zero prep time…yes there’s a bit of waffle to cover when nothing is really happening but he gives every horse a proper mention and paints the picture pretty well.
Not ITV Racing itself, but those irritating Betfair ads. Why the whispering? Gets right on my nerves.
The ITV7 this weekend is from Warwick and Market Rasen, which conjures up memories of the 1970s on World of Sport where it’d often feature two lesser courses. I wonder what which races will be screened? The Joe Coral Golden Hurdle Qualifier, Philip Cornes Novice Hurdle, Brooke Bond Oxo National, Lincolnshire Poacher Pattern Hurdle perhaps?
Wonderful posting, Govril, which evokes so many memories.
The ITV7 was great back, then – such a simple but effective format: a rapid-fire race every 15 minutes, Brough Scott at one meeting, John Oaksey at the other, with Ken Butler (a better tipster than either of them tbh) standing in during holidays.
John Penny and Raleigh Gilbert commentating.
There was even an ITV7 Annual with all the fixtures they covered and maps of the courses.
It was always the occasional (some once a season) coverage of the smaller Jumps tracks – Market Rasen, Towcester, Wolverhampton, Windsor, Fakenham, Hexham etc – that excited me most as a teenage viewer first discovering racing.
A golden era I thought would never end.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"I remember watching the ITV7 with my father on those long ago Saturday afternoons. And I certainly remember the Oxo National at Warwick.
I really miss Windsor as a jumps track. It was great when they briefly brought it back in 2004/05 when Ascot was being redeveloped. I saw Baracuda win the Long Walk there. I hoped they might decide to bring the jumps back permanently but it was not to be. I suppose they want to preserve the ground for the more lucrative Monday evenings in the summer.
Did anyone notice after the Welsh Grand National Ed Chamberlin more or less apologising for the use of term “A mans ride” by Evan Williams regarding Adam Wedge’s ride. It never crossed my mind at the time and I was shocked by the reference to it. Political correctness gone mad.
I think Evan says “that’s men”
Adan Wedge had earlier said in the interview with Luke Harvey after Luke had asked him about his two crunching falls earlier, “it’s a mans sport”
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