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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
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.
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I think you're mostly correct.
I've made it my mission to try to convert people at the barn I ride at to become racing fans. I got three of them to watch all three legs of the Triple Crown and all were excited about it and were talking about it the next day. (Next step is to get them betting at Colonial
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I think the only complaint I heard was the showing of the same segment multiple times and not hearing enough (or seeing) the other horses/connections in the races.