Are you kidding me?(florida derby)
 

Here's joe bravo to introduce the jockeys....
Honestly, standing at 4-1 48 pounds the junior out of peru, starting on the 1 horse.....
Someone needs to tell ESPN this is not monday night football.

This is really something worth complaining about. . . :rolleyes:

exactly.....when showing a horserace on network TV, they need to do stuff like that for the "casual fans"...I didn't see it as anything to get worked up about.

I thought it was annoying as hell.

Did you see the panshot to the parking lot??!?Q There were cars out there!!! WTF is going on?

... far as I'm concerned they could do it all they want if they would show all the derby preps on network TV

want any cheese to go with your whine?

Second!

Third that motion....

why would you be listening to the announcers in the first place?

I'm glad I didn't see it. ESPN is joke. I avoid ESPN if I can. I caught the HRTV coverage and watched the race on tape delay. I'd rather wait a few minutes than put up with the crap on ESPN.

Yes, its worth complaining about. You dont get viewers by trying to tie in monday night football graphics. You advertise horse racing. I can't imagine a good deal of casual sports fans were sitting there going damn, its like monday night football, let me watch this....I'm glad that espn is trying new things, but this was not a winner. If you want to attract fans, put up a fantasy contest that viewers can win money on. Lets say a diffrent bet every week with a pool of 3,000 dollars. When you show the preps have someone detail the bet for that race or races.

As an example lets use the florida derby. At the start of the telecast, detail a certain type of bet,lets use the superfecta, and have an announcer break that wager down. You dont have to make it difficult just an explanation of several ways to play the wager. Then, give them a mythical 24,48,60 dollars to use to create a wager. Everyone that hits the wager will split the pot of 3,000, if no hits, it carrys over to the next week or telecast. People love free contests and this gets them involved into not only horse racing but an intro into handicapping.