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I wasn't meaning to be overly-critical. I thought she gave the horse a decent ride and I'm sure it was to orders, but even on first watching I felt she left it too late - Pasha was the last horse still on the bridle and was finishing quickest. For a jockey still in her first year of riding it was a super achievement, but if I'd had money on her I would have been a little annoyed.
Victoria in a match against Nina Carberry and gold cup winning jockey Sam Waley Cohen, the odds should be very long indeed. |
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I wasn't meaning to be overly-critical. I thought she gave the horse a decent ride and I'm sure it was to orders, but even on first watching I felt she left it too late - Pasha was the last horse still on the bridle and was finishing quickest. For a jockey still in her first year of riding it was a super achievement, but if I'd had money on her I would have been a little annoyed.
I think it finished as close as it ever could in this race because of the favourable way the race was run, pretty much regardless of who the jockey was I'm sure Vicky was going to lob along at the back however the race panned out because getting round was her main priority but I think if the horse had been 'put in the race' much earlier I don't think it would have been running on at the finish, it would have been one of the faders that other horses were running past |
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First weekend of C4's Motor racing coverage and the racing schedule changes.
The big race is at 4.10 - Expect a summer of disruptions |
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First weekend of C4's Motor racing coverage and the racing schedule changes.
The big race is at 4.10 - Expect a summer of disruptions |
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Sat next to Alice Plunkett on the train this morning all the way into London - C4 are filming in London today for their Grand National material. I know this because she was extremely irritating and spent a large part of the journey on the phone, turning the air blue in parts. Not good commuter etiquette!
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Sat next to Alice Plunkett on the train this morning all the way into London - C4 are filming in London today for their Grand National material. I know this because she was extremely irritating and spent a large part of the journey on the phone, turning the air blue in parts. Not good commuter etiquette!
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First Saturday of channel 4's live F1 coverage this Saturday.
55 minutes of racing 2.05 - 3.00 (including the Lincoln) But extra coverage on More 4. Is More 4 available to everyone? http://racing.channel4.com/index.html |
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First Saturday of channel 4's live F1 coverage this Saturday.
55 minutes of racing 2.05 - 3.00 (including the Lincoln) But extra coverage on More 4. Is More 4 available to everyone? http://racing.channel4.com/index.html |
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Yeah everyone can get More 4
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So we're getting more on Saturday than we normally would.
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where is Clare Balding today? I thought she was doing all 3 days of the Aintree coverage?
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I think the national is horrible on Channel 4, when It was on the BBC it had a sense of class about it.
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I think the national is horrible on Channel 4, when It was on the BBC it had a sense of class about it.
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Channel 4 has come in for a lot of stick in the last 4 years but they've treated the national impeccably. They've risen its profile through media advertising and devote the whole day to it. Its a bit like cup final day in the 80's was
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Channel 4 has come in for a lot of stick in the last 4 years but they've treated the national impeccably. They've risen its profile through media advertising and devote the whole day to it. Its a bit like cup final day in the 80's was
Only saw one race today, the Foxhunters. Watched the race and the re-run afterwards with Hoiles, Fitz and Emma going through it. Awful. All 3 talking over each other, you couldn't make out what was being said. Very poor. I for one will be glad to see if go from 4 to ITV. |
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I like C4 coverage but always get annoyed when National comes around. They spend to much time focusing on the big race and always say about which jockey will be riding what in the national race even 2 days before "Ruby Walsh riding Annie Power here, will be on board x in the national" I know it is the big race but just winds me up every year. BBC used to be the same. I know something little but is my bug bear.
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Only saw one race today, the Foxhunters. Watched the race and the re-run afterwards with Hoiles, Fitz and Emma going through it. Awful. All 3 talking over each other, you couldn't make out what was being said. Very poor. I for one will be glad to see if go from 4 to ITV.
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I like C4 coverage but always get annoyed when National comes around. They spend to much time focusing on the big race and always say about which jockey will be riding what in the national race even 2 days before "Ruby Walsh riding Annie Power here, will be on board x in the national" I know it is the big race but just winds me up every year. BBC used to be the same. I know something little but is my bug bear.
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I think the national is horrible on Channel 4, when It was on the BBC it had a sense of class about it.
Even the tracks that the BBC used to cover look different on C4 and not as 'good'.Ascot would be a good example of that. C4 do ok and some of the presenters are excellent ( Luck and Cunningham) others are terrible ( Fitzgerald talks in total lazy clichés) but BBC coverage generates more of a sense of occaision somehow. Claire Balding was better covering the racing when she was on the BBC but since she went to C4 and probably more because she has hit the big time she isn't as good to me. |
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Quick question about horse racing commentators - are Stewart Machin, Mark Johnson and Alan Howes Racing UK's commentators on the Grand National Festival?
I've been listening to talkSPORT 2's live coverage from the Festival, which is sponsored by Racing UK, and they've been taking commentaries with the above trio being credited. From looking over old threads, the three have been the on-course commentators at Aintree in previous years so I guess Racing UK (and thus talkSPORT 2) are taking this feed. Commentary on The Grand National itself will be on the main talkSPORT tomorrow - the third successive year the race has been on national commercial radio as well as the BBC - with Rupert Bell and Lee McKenzie due to produce their own commentary on it. The 5.15pm start is ideal for sports radio as it means they'll be able to fit the race between their coverage of the 3pm and 5.30pm football kick-offs. |
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Really ? Moving the time to 5.15 to appease football fans over racing fans ?
In 2016 they've realised that people do stuff on Saturday afternoons. Just like the cup final has it will work perfectly. |
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Wonder if tomorrow will be the last we hear of Simon Holt on the National or just wonder if he will be part of ITV's coverage.
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Its not to appease football fans. Its to gain maximum exposure.
In 2016 they've realised that people do stuff on Saturday afternoons. Just like the cup final has it will work perfectly. You say it will work perfectly, I will wait to see the viewing figures first. |
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Quick question about horse racing commentators - are Stewart Machin, Mark Johnson and Alan Howes Racing UK's commentators on the Grand National Festival?
I've been listening to talkSPORT 2's live coverage from the Festival, which is sponsored by Racing UK, and they've been taking commentaries with the above trio being credited. From looking over old threads, the three have been the on-course commentators at Aintree in previous years so I guess Racing UK (and thus talkSPORT 2) are taking this feed. |
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Its not to appease football fans. Its to gain maximum exposure.
In 2016 they've realised that people do stuff on Saturday afternoons. Just like the cup final has it will work perfectly. Quote:
Wonder if tomorrow will be the last we hear of Simon Holt on the National or just wonder if he will be part of ITV's coverage.
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Quick question about horse racing commentators - are Stewart Machin, Mark Johnson and Alan Howes Racing UK's commentators on the Grand National Festival?
There was a nice touch before the race over the National fences, when they talked us punters through the sequence of jumps and explained where the three commentators were and who would be commentating on which obstacles. I was a little surprised that Alan Howes was the grandstand commentator, as I thought he was the least high-profile of the three callers. |
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