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Dundalk looked good but was spoilt by the dull commentary of Des Scarhill they really need some fresh commentators in Ireland.
Love these debates when someone slags someone off always leads to the one side or the other great to read.
Never been a fan of jockeys who hold up though i know some horses have to but wouldnt it be better like america where you know if a horse is a front runner or off the pace. Do English jockeys do timings like US.
Having said about Spencer he must know what hes doing or he wouldnt be champion jockey i suppose.
Did anyone here the commentator say when Ryan Moore won one of the last races of the day that he could buy himself a smile for Christmas. Hey the guy may not be a laugh a minute but he knows how to ride a horse and thats what counts.
As someone who works for the government I can tell you they will do anything for publicity and anything to make themselves look good and it doesnt matter at whose expense
Well Im drawing an end to this debate myself if you wish to continue debating on this thread then thats for you to decide but I have said my piece and feel the matter has been debated enough, I dont agree with what a lot of you have said but thats what healthy debate is about if we all agreed it would be extremely dull.
Hopefully we can all get a new thread going on a different topic and have a healthy lively debate on there
Well if it wasnt for my comments Luke wouldnt have bothered joinign,so perhaps you were not interetsing enough for him to bother before anyway end of subject lets move on and close the subject obviously its ok for people to slag Matt Chapman and John McCririck to the hills but when I want to have a go at Luke Is causes a war.
Just because you have known Luke for 10 years doesnt mean he cant be criticised, Im sure hes a nice person to know but he come across as very sickly everybodys friend I know everyone and they like me and as I have said before im entitled to say what I feel. I think Luke should stick to reporting from tracks as he gets good interviews, his partnership with Emily Jones is excellent but he should stay away from booth presenting until he has a bit more confidence.
Telling someone to grow up is a good sign you havent a good argument like resorting to swearing and raising your voice to win an argument.Booth may be full of guest presenters this week as Tony Ennis is getting married, Boyce appears to be on holiday could be a Chapman overtime fest.
Incidentally anyone know what happened to Steve Watts he just disppeared from ATR
The local news paper in Doncaster has done an article on the new racecourse lets just say they arent many positive comments,
complaints of power failures, lifts not working tarmac instead of paving etc.
The cost of annual membership going up from £350 to £700 has angered many one interviewee said he knew people who asked for their money back.
Another non member said the toilets were full of rubble and the grandstand is awful and it shouldnt have been opened.
Most of the article is derogatory and really doesnt have a good word about it.
One person said he was underwhelmed and the only the good thing was the stables being on track he thinks thay a oppotunity to make the racecourse the finest in Europe and it is just plain ordinary.
The Virgin Setanata deal is not a promotion it is for the forseable future and is part of virgin new sports channel which they are planning on launching
Nice to have presenters on but do we need the lovey bit, yes Mr Harvey is on but lets not get all gushy and start being sickly sweet(incidentally how do we know its him). We should still give honest opinions if Mr Hoiles was to start messing things up we shouldnt be gushing just becuase he contributes. If Mr Chapman was on here I wonder how many would suddenly start gushing.
As a frequent visitor to the racingforum chatroom i felt compelled to apologise for my performance in the betting booth on Tuesday.
When i was handed a running order it was i admit very short sighted of me not to realise that there would be a bomb scare at Tralee. A basic school boy error!
In hindsight it was obvious some joker was going to pretend to plant a bomb and i should have made provisions.
I’m also gutted your entertainment was interupted when racing was delayed but i hear from the course the next time something like this happens they will carry on regardless.
Feeling almost suicidal in the booth we then had problems with the sound at Brighton – any close relation to mystic meg, would surely of realised this would happen – being the nice sunny day that it was, and again made alternative arrangeme
And my attempt at commentating well that was a joke. I appreciate with the 3.2 seconds i had to study the form for my first attempt was pathetic.
Once again steve i am so sorry but i have got a good idea why don’t you post me your show reel and i can get some tips on broadcasting.
Yours a very depressed luke harvey
[/b]Very mature I dont do the job because I couldnt if you cant do the job like Mr Harvey dont do it. Im colour blind so even if i wanted to I couldnt commentate so I dont try. Perhaps if you are so depressed you will do me the honour of staying off my screen until the Prozacs kicked in. Have a word with Mr McKeown he knows how to cope in a crisis.
Why do C4 need NINE presenters lets see there was Thommo, Alastair Down, Emma Spencer, Simon Holt, John Francome, John McCririck, Tania Stevenson, Jm McGrath and some woman in a silly hat.
They all had a piece to camera is c4 racing such a money maker they can afford to pay them all I wonder how much they all would have got paid all together.
They didnt need Holt because Mike Cattermole (racecourse commentator) could have done that didnt need two pundits either McGrath or Francome would do. Thommo, Alastair or Spencer one will do, dont need McCrick and Stevenson again one or none and needless to say no fashion expert
1 commentator 1 presenter 1 expert Racing Uk managaed with 1 presenter and an expert.
Im entitled to my opinion same as is everyone else who critisises Dave Smith, Tommo and Matt Chapman and I am a massive ATR supporter its the first time I think Racing UK has been better in my mind. I am pefectly entitled in a country of free speech to say I didnt like Mr Harvey or the way ATR coped on Tuesday and will continue to voice my opinions as and when I see fit.
I would like to say what a brilliant job Dale McKeown last night during the problems with Newton Abbot and US commentary he kept it together brilliantly and managed to talk throughout the N Abbot races perhaps Mr Harvey should watch a tape of this and learn.
Mr Hunt is one of the best commentators and your right it was one of a very few mistakes he makes so I apologise.
What a shambles ATR was today good job most people were watching York on RUK first they lost the sound to Brighton race , then choas as Tralee was evacuated they missed the start of the first race when it resumed 45 minutes later had to have commentary from Gary O’Brein down a mobile phone as they had no pictures and Luke Harvey didnt have a clue what he was doing. I think they put him in there hoping for a quiet afternoon while everyone was on the other side watching York. Please ATR no more Luke Harvey in the booth hes useless. Good job York was on Racing UK I cant imagine what it would have been like on ATR. Get your act together ATR.
Steve, it was hardly ATR’s fault that there was a a bomb scare or whatever it was that caused an evacuation at Tralee.
ATR are in the main absolutely brilliant. Luke Harvey is a good guy who is just learning the ropes of live broadcasting on television. He didn’t make any mistakes yesterday – ATR would have rehearsed a schedule with him, and that schedule was thrown into chaos because of the events that unfolded. I am amazed that Luke Harvey is copping the blame because ATR had picture losses at Brighton and an evacuation at Tralee – believe me, that would have thrown many presenters off their stride.
Mike
He made no mistakes were you watching the same channel they should not have someone doing a live three – four hour show who cant cope with the possibilities of problems arising you dont send someone to difuse a bomb if they havent any experience of it in the same way dont put someone on a live show until the have enough experience. They have plenty of people who can do the job when the main three are away like Compton, Cooper etc Im sorry you dont agree but ATR looked very poor yesterday and I never thought Id say this but Racing UK was extremely professionally presented yesterday by Mr Luck. Mr Harvey made loads of mistakes including carrying on rabbiting when the horses had jumped off.
