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Originally Posted by Danzig
abc probably operates under the assumption that everyone only cares about the winner. that would be false, but that's what happens when you have a network that is clueless about the sport it's covering, and knows nothing about what fans are looking for.
i dvr's the show, fastforwarded to the race-all in all, the best way to watch the race on espn/abc. you skip all the bs, especially bailey.
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I really never understand the knocking of ABC, NBC or anyones coverage of horse racing.
ESPN is ESPN, not ESPN OTB. ABC is ABC, and not ABC OTB.
They put horse racing on the air to entertain general audiences in addition to racing fans. General audiences could care less about who ran fourth, they want to know who just won the race.
The same argument applies to their camera angles. To a non-racing fan, the pan shot is BORING.
They correctly assume the majority of people who are serious bettors are not on their couch but at a track or an OTB. The majority of people watching horse racing on a day like the Belmont are 3x a year race watchers and they are watching to be entertained, not informed.