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It was a pleasant surprise to see Rishi Persad back presenting the racing on Racing UK today, I believe he left the channel a few years to concentrate on presenting racing on the BBC, but since their coverage is now virtually non-existant and he was relegated into covering the dire snooker, he has made the right choice of returning to RUK.
If it is a case of getting an old job back I personally wish they had auditioned for someone new. Can’t think what he brings to the table other than being able to get a few words out of Stoutey.
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Agree with Stilvi. How did Rishi get a job in racing in the first place? His cluelessness has been obvious many times on the BBC. Equal opportunity employment gone wrong?
Equal opportunities seems to ignore British folk of African or Carribean descent, and focus on those with an asian background. He will be on the bbc news next year.
Personally,i am a fan of Rishi,he has an excellent working relationship with Clare Balding,(in front of the cameras anyway)!What i have noticed on more than one occassion is that he certainly knows how to "rattle" Sheikh Mohammed,i get the distinct impression the ruler of Dubai has no time for him!
Equal opportunities seems to ignore British folk of African or Carribean descent, and focus on those with an asian background.
Suggest you check your facts before blurting such crude generalisations
Persad is an Anglo-Trinidadian which may explain his semi-chumminess with Stoute, a fellow Windian
None of which means either should be permitted to speak on a supposed specialist racing channel
Mr Persad is an ideal presenter for the minority interest sports the BBC fill their afternoons with from time to time: bowls and snooker
Well-spoken, easy-on-the-eye, bland, lightweight and non-contentious
Given those attributes are swoon-material for many a middle-class lady of a certain age I’d have thought he’d be an ideal foil to Sue Barker at Wimbledon
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None of which means either should be permitted to speak on a supposed specialist racing channel
Mr Persad is an ideal presenter for the minority interest sports the BBC fill their afternoons with from time to time: bowls and snooker
Well-spoken, easy-on-the-eye, bland, lightweight and non-contentious
Yes indeed. I was surprised how nervous he seemed, how inarticulate; and how his "pitch" is alarmingly weighted towards terrestrial gush rather than specialist acuity. He will need to sharpen his act if he’s to survive on Racing UK – and I suspect he will.
Did a good job on RUK yesterday I thought. Certainly less opinionated than some of the usual anchors.
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I find Rishi bland and inoffensive but lacking in any real depth; in short, perfect for modern television.
Nothing personal against him- I’ve never met him, and I’m sure that he’s a perfectly nice fellow- but simple jealousy, I suppose. I’ve been following racing since 1980 and wrote off to the Racing Post, Timeform, Raceform, etc many years ago (after my GCSEs, A Levels and degree) and didn’t receive many responses; whenever I see Rishi as the token non-white face representing our sport, I think "that should be me."
Such is life.
When sticking to the obvious, Rishi’s not too bad but to me he seems to get a bit overwhelmed when asked to interview subjects that he is in awe of and inane questions are the result.
As has been mentioned he comes across as a pleasant, well-dressed, well-spoken young man but with obvious limitations at the moment.Please don’t bring Angus Loughran back, he’s the WORST one for the "fascinating race, this…" drivel.
Pershad is as dull as ditchwater, he should be working in a call centre or mobile phone shop.
Have to agree with the majority of posters, what Persad actually brings to the channel in terms of entertainment/informative knowledge is minimal.
To be honest i wouldnt even notice when he isnt there which is never a good sign. Its not that he is bad its just that he isnt really anything.
A few presenters who are opinionated, willing to offer their views even when controversial and knowledgable about matters more so than the average viewer are what i would like to see – im bored with the same churned out, mundane, tedious, looking at the race card and discussing the favourite drivel we see on a day to day basis.
They are supposed to be experts.
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