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Wish I had have been Gee A.
Ridden by Gee Armytage very two or three weeks? I don’t even think I would have minded had she felt it necessary to resort to the whip haha
Weird to think that if someone risks taking their laptop into the betting shop, and has the likes of William Hill or ATR on, they can be watching the race ( with delay ) whilst no one in the betting shop can see it. Might as well just start calling them arcades soon. I can recall the good old days when it was just commentary and if you hadn’t had a mention with a furlong to go, you clung on to your betting slip deseperately hoping that you might hear those classic words ‘making rapid late headway.’
I have watched some of the cartoon races and get impression that the commentators know the resut in advance of the finish as they often mention one of the nags when it is well away from the front and it duly flys from the back and wins
NH – Ruby is class, always seem to judge the pace spot on, especially on hold up horses. Brennan getting back to his best
Flat – Ryan Moore doesnt get it wrong often. Spencer can go from genius to buffoon in half an hour. I’ve not seen anything as unstylish as Sanders since Kate Garraway on Strictly Come Dancing
I agree with you about some of the betting ‘radio’ commentators, some of which are very informed and entertaining. The one i have heard dont seem to be in the same county as the race they are commentating on. Words that make me saddest are ‘ridden by R Hills.’ Unless he is on a front runner, I just can’t seem to get a winner off him.
In my local betting shop, the sound of the trumpet to signal the start of the next cartoon race invariably creates a quick scrawl and a rush to the counter. Sad really. Almost as sad as seeing someone betting on Australian greyhound racing at ten to nine in the morning, with 8 runners and a 7/4 favourite.
