ABC's coverage of the race sucked.
I am not concerned with all of the chatter and the interviews I am talking about the race itself. They had 19 takes(actual different camera shots in the race)This is way too many and although this field was compact for most of the race, 6 horses were within 4 lengths and one horse trailed the pack by about 5 lengths, the perspective of where the horses were is lost. In addition, the shots from the SUV that was on the widener turf are nice to see but they serve a better purpose in a post race analysis than they do in a live feed.
I just watched the race from the regular Belmont feed and it was clear, I saw all of the horses and knew what part of the track they were on and where they were in the race, especially during the backstretch.
The shots from the blimp and the cranes we saw were fine and do give a great perspective of horses finding holes, being shut off, etc. like we saw in the Derby with Street Sense. Just save it for after the race.
Make it simple, use the pan shot. Its as simple as ABC...........oops, I guess not!!!!
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