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I like Chapman.
He is a young Mc Cririck. He says it as he sees it and does not pamper to reputations.
We need more like him in the press and on TV rather than the ones who excuse a poor ride and make excuses.
I did not see the interview but I am sure Chappers will have took it on the chin.I too quite like Chapman. I far prefer his style to some of the sycophantic toadying that passes as the interviewing of some other commentators.
Perhaps it is the fact that he actually has the temerity to ask the odd searching question, that irks those that would be given an easy time of it.Unfortunately didn’t see the incident but it’s about time someone told the clown where to go.
I find his presenting from the track on a par with his commentating, he’s unbelievably rude, butting in on people and running around the paddock like a raving looney.
I’m afraid it’s not my cup of tea and not how I like to see racing presented.
Now Chappers isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, I’d agree. But, unless I was completely mis-reading it and the whole thing was tongue-in-cheek, David Elsworth was extraordinarily rude to Chapman when being interviewed by him today on ATR.
I suppose Elsworth is at a time of life when he doesn’t need to court friends or feign interest in press questions to further his career or present a professional veneer but he certainly lost an admirer in me today. He came across as exceptionally rude, thoroughly obnoxious and extremely patronising.
Maybe he’d had too good a lunch, or maybe he’s just a big old a***hole.
Well done Matt, you handled it well, and came across as a 10x better individual than that old bore.
I saw the incident and it did not help forgetting Matt’s name. But I felt Elsworth was being very tongue in cheek. David was good enough to come to a West Berkshire Racing Club talk (panel also included owner Jeff Smith and Ian Balding). I asked how his horses "tended to be so genuine, not only Desert Orchid, but Floyd, Persian Punch etc"? His first four words in reply were "Because I am brilliant". Everyone realised he wasn’t being serious, it’s just his sense of humour and doesn’t really take compliments that well, finding it embarrassing. Chapman seemed to want Elsworth to talk up his own ability when asking about In The Groove. That’s not in him. Moonrakers are often like that.
Value Is EverythingNow Chappers isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, I’d agree. But, unless I was completely mis-reading it and the whole thing was tongue-in-cheek, David Elsworth was extraordinarily rude to Chapman when being interviewed by him today on ATR.
I suppose Elsworth is at a time of life when he doesn’t need to court friends or feign interest in press questions to further his career or present a professional veneer but he certainly lost an admirer in me today. He came across as exceptionally rude, thoroughly obnoxious and extremely patronising.
Maybe he’d had too good a lunch, or maybe he’s just a big old a***hole.
Well done Matt, you handled it well, and came across as a 10x better individual than that old bore.
I saw the incident and it did not help forgetting Matt’s name. But I felt Elsworth was being very tongue in cheek. David was good enough to come to a West Berkshire Racing Club talk (panel also included owner Jeff Smith and Ian Balding). I asked how his horses "tended to be so genuine, not only Desert Orchid, but Floyd, Persian Punch etc"? His first four words in reply were "Because I am brilliant". Everyone realised he wasn’t being serious, it’s just his sense of humour and doesn’t really take compliments that well, finding it embarrassing. Chapman seemed to want Elsworth to talk up his own ability when asking about In The Groove. That’s not in him. Moonrakers are often like that.
"David" was good enough? Stop fawning Ginger.
Agree with those supporting Chapman above, no doubt the Elsworth’s of this world would prefer to be interviewed by Rishi Pershad all the time (how does it feel?).
"David" was good enough? Stop fawning Ginger.
Agree with those supporting Chapman above, no doubt the Elsworth’s of this world would prefer to be interviewed by Rishi Pershad all the time (how does it feel?).
It’s his sense of humour and doesn’t really take compliments that well finding it embarrassing.Don’t be daft PC, "fawning"? Not I. Just telling it how it is.
I’ve been told it’s not easy to get racing personalities to these events and David Elsworth was "good enough" to come along. I gave this example more for his response to my question (tongue in cheek answer) rather than the fact he turned up. Not that I judge anyone as good or bad from one meeting alone. DE may or may not be a nice bloke PC, admit it can come over the wrong way; but I don’t believe he should be judged too harshly on his attempted tongue in cheek response to Matt Chapman’s questioning/
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Value Is EverythingIt didn’t seem tongue in cheek to me, but I could be wrong – and he knew full well what Chapman’s name was.
Maybe I’ve misjudged the thing but there seemed a distinct edge to the interview, perhaps there is some history there.
It’s hard to judge having not seen the interview ( a link would be nice ) but David Elsworth is not a man who suffers fools gladly, and tongue in cheek is certainly not a style I would readily associate with him.
Based on past evidence, I would guess that David Elsworth was being serious. Chapman is the one who does tongue in cheek.
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Not everyone appreciates MC , perhaps DE is one of those
anyway …storm in a tea cup , lets forget that idiot
Elsie has been training top class horses before MC left short trousers , surely he commands some sympathy when being accosted by that berk with Microphone in hand …..
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Ricky
I rate MC very highly, his honesty in this industry will obviously cause friction where so many of his counterparts will not go and ask awkward questions of poor rides or dare i say questionable efforts by jockeys.
We surely do not need any more grinning, nodding media donkeys as we have had for many years.
Good on ya Matt for telling it like we punters would given the chance.I rate David Elsworth as the Greatest Dual purpose trainer of a racehorse this side of the Irish sea,names like
Dead Certain
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In the Groove
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Barnbrook again
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Floyd
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Oh so Risky
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Combs ditch
and the ‘Grey’ etc have won historically recognised races on the flat and over jumps.
Yeeehaaaa on the other hand has a knack of irritating,particularly with the unoriginal Yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaa chant after every piece of ‘information’ he’s put forward.Chappers has his own style of broadcasting and there’s a place out there for him,he rates himself a good judge of a racehorse but there’s better on here,trouble is most would clam up if a microphone was shoved under their nose whereas David Elsworths been there seen it,done it and has history of being awkward to the point of rude in the past.He was still an absolute star in the way he publicly ‘sold’ Dessie.Two guys who just dont get on I reckon,bit like on here!I rate MC very highly, his honesty in this industry will obviously cause friction where so many of his counterparts will not go and ask awkward questions of poor rides or dare i say questionable efforts by jockeys.
We surely do not need any more grinning, nodding media donkeys as we have had for many years.
Good on ya Matt for telling it like we punters would given the chance.Courting controversy by asking "awkward questions" and playing up to "The Game Is Bent" Brigade – does not make MC more "honest" Blue. Seeming to say things in the hope of recieving e-mails and/or promoting himself as the Punters Pal.
Yes, Matt has his place, but imo is either more
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honest or (more likely) much poorer at race reading than his "counterparts" Sean Boyce, Steve Mellish and Graham Cunningham. All the above will comment and question when there is something to question and comment on. Where as Matt Chapman seems to half-suggest there might be skulduggery when a ride is easily explained by a better knowledge of the form book.
I think we all wish the stewards looked more closely at times, but seeing and speaking of things that simply are not there – is not right either Blue.
Value Is EverythingIt didn’t seem tongue in cheek to me, but I could be wrong – and he knew full well what Chapman’s name was.
Maybe I’ve misjudged the thing but there seemed a distinct edge to the interview, perhaps there is some history there.
What are you complaining about cormack? Sounds entertaining to me, 95% of interviews are banal, give me one with an edge any day.
Is it available on the internet, if not, can someone upload it on to youtube.
Courting controversy by asking "awkward questions" and playing up to "The Game Is Bent" Brigade – does not make MC more "honest" Blue. Seeming to say things in the hope of recieving e-mails and/or promoting himself as the Punters Pal.
Spot on. Chapman strikes me as being essentially a rabble-rouser and cocksure self-publicist who is descending rapidly into the mire of self-parody that tends to trap forced characters sooner rather than later. His ‘awkward squad’ mission is superficially welcome in a little world where ar*se-crawling is the norm but he finds fault and is antagonistic for the sake of it: from one unedifying extreme to another. Balance is what’s needed but he just tips the scales t’other way
As for a David Elsworth – Matt Chapman meeting of minds, well ‘interview from hell’ to coin a fashionable cliche springs to mind. Elsworth is old school: quiet, mannered, thoughtful, diffident, a little haughty, doesn’t suffer fools and has a shortish fuse: a good friend but a bad enemy, and like all true strong characters who feel no need to prove themselves couldn’t give a toss what folk make of him
Glad I didn’t witness it
People are too reverential toward some trainers and jockeys. My view would be that they should be regarded as being dubious and underhanded until they prove otherwise. Fawning and cap doffing is far too prevalent among racing fans considering the number of trainers and jockeys who turn out be taking us all for a ride.
A healthy degree of cynicism is becoming an essential requirement for racing fans.
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