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Anyone on here calling themselves a fan of Horseracing has to vote AP simple as that!
i probably wont vote never have and i dont think mc coy will win but to say he doesnt deserve it or shouldnt win is wrong tony mc coy has been at the top of his sport for the last 13 years or so he is one of the most dedicated sportsmen i have ever seen and i would be more than happy if he won maybe i will vote after all
Anyone on here calling themselves a fan of Horseracing has to vote AP simple as that!
Well, that’s convinced me.
Vote AP!
(Maybe they could buy Phil a nice pie as consolation)
Anyone on here calling themselves a fan of Horseracing has to vote AP simple as that!
Well, that’s convinced me.
Vote AP!
Its not difficult Anthony!
Anyone on here who doesn"t vote for him shouldn"t be on here! Simple as that again!
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Anyone on here calling themselves a fan of Horseracing has to vote AP simple as that!
Well, that’s convinced me.
Vote AP!
Its not difficult Anthony!
Anyone on here who doesn"t vote for him shouldn"t be on here! Simple as that again!Couldn’t agree more!
Regardless of your opinion of AP, a victory would be a great success for Racing and could have a really positive effect rather than the old shite we get from Racing for Change.
Its not difficult Anthony!
Anyone on here who doesn"t vote for him shouldn"t be on here! Simple as that again!Couldn’t agree more!
Regardless of your opinion of AP, a victory would be a great success for Racing and could have a really positive effect rather than the old shite we get from Racing for Change.
Damn right Mr W! The Peoples race (The Grand National for those fickle,cynics who have short memories on here) is the key point to his success on Sunday! Joe Public associate with that more than the fact he is actually a 15 times Champion unfortunately, but any good publicity to the masses is better than the usual tat that racing is bent that filters its way through society like a leaky sewerage pipe!
Nope. He’s handled himself appallingly in relation to the RUK situation, imo. Gone down a lot in my estimation.
A million quid a year to do what you love to do and your whinging over a bit of measured analysis, depriving fans of the sport in the process. Get over yourself bigman.
The idea that racing will be somehow transformed if he wins it, is right up there with large numbercloths and decimal odds.
Sweet Jesus, give me strength.
Unless you want someone from "racing" to win you’re not going to vote for him.
For the year 2010 he doesn’t deserve it. I watch many sports, not just Horse Racing, and some of these people’s achievements are on a global scale, whether Mr Wilson likes the fact NH racing is really just a 2 country sport or not, although reading his posts he doesn’t like it any-more than I do.
One up from the great idea that racing will be transformed if McCoy wins SPOTY is the idea that McCoy winning the GN changed something. No one actually believes the public will recognise his career of achievement which is why we’ve had RfC asking for "racing" to vote for him.
Should McCoy even be nominated? And if he has been nominated why not Paul Hanagan? Why not Ryan Moore for winning the Derby? He was still the champion flat jockey when he won the Derby.
Absolutely not.
Graeme McDowell is far more deserving of the SPotY award this year.
For one, McDowell is a personality. Secondly, McDowell also won one of the most prestigious events in his calendar… except he was a big outsider and beat 150 other competitors. He also won other big events throughout the year and was a massive contributer in Europe winning the third biggest sporting event in the world.
Having said that, dull McCoy did win a few selling hurdles this year as well as being totally boring in a couple of ATR interviews.
The reality is this. Only people who love horse racing will vote for McCoy (and that may well be enough), whereas people who follow sport avidly will vote for McDowell.
I won’t even watch the event… McDowell is the winner by a country mile in my own opinion, but at the same time, I appreciate that the British voting public are thick as f***.
It amazes me how some of you take free publicity for granted. I’d vote for the worst jockey in the country as Sportsman of the Year if he was on the ballot. It’s not an assessment of how good McCoy has been in 2010, it’s a popularity poll. And it’s a popularity poll not just of the individual, but of the sport in comparison to the other representative sports, and the willingness of their fans to actually participate. Do you want racing relegated below a golfer? Or
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The point is, Miss Woodford, that this award simply does not matter, except to the individual.
It is pure media fluff, a tinsel prize which neither reflects pubic opinion on which sport’s more popular than what, nor does the slightest good to the sport or game whose representative "wins" the award.
I rather hope McCoy wins, but for his sake not for "ours".
Graeme McDowell pays me £210, and as Roy Brindley said last week, there is still a taboo with racing, and its association with gambling, that will unfortunately mean AP will not and can not win. If he was to win however, how unlikely it is, I would be very pleased for him.
Nope. He’s handled himself appallingly in relation to the RUK situation, imo. Gone down a lot in my estimation.
A million quid a year to do what you love to do and your whinging over a bit of measured analysis, depriving fans of the sport in the process. Get over yourself bigman.
The idea that racing will be somehow transformed if he wins it, is right up there with large numbercloths and decimal odds.
Sweet Jesus, give me strength.
Exactly
Absolutely not.
Graeme McDowell is far more deserving of the SPotY award this year.
For one, McDowell is a personality. Secondly, McDowell also won one of the most prestigious events in his calendar… except he was a big outsider and beat 150 other competitors. He also won other big events throughout the year and was a massive contributer in Europe winning the third biggest sporting event in the world.
Having said that, dull McCoy did win a few selling hurdles this year as well as being totally boring in a couple of ATR interviews.
The reality is this. Only people who love horse racing will vote for McCoy (and that may well be enough), whereas people who follow sport avidly will vote for McDowell.
I won’t even watch the event… McDowell is the winner by a country mile in my own opinion, but at the same time, I appreciate that the British voting public are thick as f***.
Again another man with a logical opinion instead of if you love racing you must vote AP, blah, blah blah
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