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Yes, I received it. Another chance taken to tell them to stop going on about RaceIQ data. And to give low scores to the likes of Bull and Dunkley.
I forgot to ask why they keep asking that Channing character to be on “Luck On Sunday”.
Does he even know much about racing? I heard he is more of poker player and sports punter.
He usually makes some good points, but he isn’t one to use a hundred words when a thousand will do.
The time limit on Talking Points is utterly pointless when Channing’s on the panel.
I would seriously consider cancelling my subscription if the Irish racing went.
If you are in the UK nothing will change, it’s only in Ireland the channel will probably cease broadcasting at some stage.
If RTV does stop broadcasting in Ireland in 2026, I assume that means Irish racing will not be available to watch on any mainstream channel in Ireland apart from any races shown by RTE? The only way anyone in Ireland could watch their own races would be via streaming services, bookmaker websites etc.
If so, it would not be a very satisfactory state of affairs for a sport which is far more important culturally and economically in Ireland than it is in the UK.
The whole situation is ridiculous. It will not do anything to save a single person from gambling induced harm.
The modern Irish political class demonstrating its utter stupidity once again, even by the standards of global politicians. It would be good to see a lot of Independents stand at the upcoming General Election and to see plenty of the FF/FG/SF crowd voted out but I doubt it will happen.
With an Irish racing shoved in 5 minutes before The Champion Stakes tomorrow there may be a few at RTV who will be glad to see the back of it
Although the legislation is ridiculous, I do have to wonder about RTV’s response. Is it really so difficult to provide a separate service to Ireland?
It cites cost but it manages to employ dozens of presenters and pundits, none of whom are doing it for nothing. Perhaps if they lost the likes of McNae, Stafford, Dunkley, Dwyer and the Dixon brothers,then they might have a bit of spare cash to invest in a separate feed to Ireland.
There are plenty of others who could go as well. Why does RTV need at least two reporters at every meeting?
I’ve been watching this afternoon’s coverage and listening to Stafford is excruciating. She can barely string a sentence together in English, so as soon as any foreign names (horses or jockeys) come up, she’s screwed.
Great. We’ve got McNae going par times crazy today, both before and after each race.
I can picture CAS hurling his TV out of the window by mid-afternoon.
Angus “PAR” McNae – WALOFS
What evidence is there that this is of any use and that viewers want it?
Did you see those “PAR” charts of his for Champions Day? Need a 200 inch screen to make anything out, even if you wanted to.
McNae pretty much wet himself when the sectionals became readily available because he seemingly only takes horse’s seriously if they run a good time or sectional and he would always wax lyrical about it in relation to US Racing – with all this new ‘data’ he must be in his happy place 24/7…..unfortunately that means we have to see it……….although as others have said, the mute button is a great invention…..it is permanently on for me when McNae is hosting and I think most will find like me, he makes infintely more sense when on mute.
To me we are now not far off the stage of unneeded data overload and while I do like the looking at times/sectional data it alone doesn’t drive me but is just one part of information I use along with course/ground/jockey/trainer data available. You simply take on board what you want and ignore the stuff that seems too overly nerdy and shoved down your throat as being sooooo important.
With regards to the RTV being shown in Ireland, I would imagine that some kind of deal/workaround will be reached to where it will continue to be broadcast…..but what that will actually be….
“To me we are now not far off the stage of unneeded data overload”.
I agree. If other people want this sort of stuff, good for them. But does it really help punters back more winners? I have my doubts.
No doubt the “Road To Cheltenham” will be starting soon, with Hislop and Walsh excitedly telling us that the Race IQ data shows a horse which took a fence with it lost ground on its rivals..
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