TV Coverage: What the heck is going on?

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

When you watch the races from Churchill today, in order to actually catch a glimpse of your horse on the backstretch, your eye will have to deal with, satellite dishes, towers, trees, bushes, and tents, all of which obscure the viewing of the race at some point. In fact on the turn the whole field is obscured for several seconds by the mammoth box structure that they have erected on the infield. This is a critical part of the race and you won't be able to follow you horse making a move in the derby so that so drunken people in boxes can have a blast.

I find this terribly irritating but not surprising as this industry seems to never think about the customers experience.

They should rename it the most exciting 1 minute, 55 seconds in sports to allow for these obstructions.

Yeah i caught that during the Oaks day coverage. I went 'oh hell no'...Kinda like how I was after I saw the hockey set up before the Derby on NBC. It's the battle of the willfully stupid.

It'll be better than the coverage of the Man O'War/Sir Barton match race. You see them go around the turn, the crowd go flying to the left, and then they appear around the far turn. I'm still trying to see how to blame Churchill Downs for that one. I'm sure it's their fault somehow.

My Favorite Quote of the Week: Quint Kessenich -- "I promised Kenny Mayne I wouldn't ask you about Vietnam."

Jerry O'Connell, the host of the Eclipse Awards, just said his choice was Hard Spun and one of the reasons why is because he ran a big race at Turf Paradise six weeks ago.




























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[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Jerry O'Connell, the host of the Eclipse Awards, just said his choice was Hard Spun and one of the reasons why is because he ran a big race at Turf Paradise six weeks ago.

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LMAO!
Just when you think you've heard the dumbest line yet.

Wasn't he the one they chose to host the Eclipse awards?

[paisjpq]

I was really hoping I just misheard him....guess not

Mario Pino
"I work alot of horses and I got a pretty good clock in my head."

HAHAHAHA! You can't make this sh.it up.

[Merlinsky]

lmao, I totally heart Mario for trying to sell that. If you can get Calvin to say he doesn't prefer being on the rail, it will make my day. These commentators and horsemen are getting punchy. No sleep, nerves, and a mint julep or three. It's a recipe for disaster and I'm loving every minute of it.

ETA: "I think for any Derby, you've got to have racing luck." --Tom Amos. That's no fair, it's like shooting fish in a barrel when they say things like this.