The employment of John Imbriale and Jan Rushton

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by Bystander

To those without them?

come on.....she ain't that bad.....on the eyes, that is!

[philcski]

There's a lot bigger issues at NYRA right now than the employment of these two. Yeah, Imbriale can be a bit dull but he's generally accurate, and Jan, well... she tries hard.


Let's put it this way... Jan Rushton, or Ken Rudolph?

Originally Posted by philcski

There's a lot bigger issues at NYRA right now than the employment of these two. Yeah, Imbriale can be a bit dull but he's generally accurate, and Jan, well... she tries hard.


Let's put it this way... Jan Rushton, or Ken Rudolph?

Ken Rudolph wearing Jan's hats? Ken.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Ken Rudolph wearing Jan's hats? Ken.

At least one person caught on to my kind sarcasm... Jan is unfortunately terrible.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

byk/btw need to take over all live casting stuff...

[Linny]

Ms Pacheco is very pretty but her on camera demeanor is sometimes a bit...flakey. She does know her stuff but sometimes she looks like she does espresso and Red Bull shooters between races.

Jan does know her stuff. She galloped for Shug for years. When she goes out and gets some info from trainers she offers some useful tidbits. Usually she does just read what anyone looking at the program already knows. Too bad. She has also allowed herself (maybe been involved) to become a bit of a "camp" figure. Not sure if thats good or bad.
Also, where Jan is concerned, the on-air person is only as good as the people behind the scenes. Last week, she has issues with the microphone one day and with the camera on another. There seems to be little co-ordination between the cameraman, Jan and the rest of the simulcast team when they are at Aqueduct. Sometimes Jan comes on at 10 mtp, other times 4 mtp. That sort of thing should be set in stone.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Linny

When she goes out and gets some info from trainers she offers some useful tidbits.

Obviously I'm not getting into the personalities discussion here but I did want to comment on this......I think it is a poor idea for racetracks to allow the broadcasting of " information " such as trainer's comments on their horses. There are several reasons for this. One is that only some will talk, and even if they tell the truth, what about the opinions of those that didn't talk? You are, at the very best, only offering a partial story. Plus, you are offering the opinions of people who may or may not have good judgement.

The second problem is much bigger....stories that turn out to be not true. There is, of course, the famous story of one trainer telling Jan that his first time starter couldn't run and would make a cute pony for his children. That horse went on to take serious action at the windows and win in a common gallop. There was also the firster at Saratoga a few summers ago who's trainer said had no speed and would probably need a race and ended up winning wire to wire by 15 lengths. Did these people lie to Jan or were they surprised? I'll let others decide.....but to me when you end up giving out horrendous information like this, and I'm not blaming Jan per se, it destroys all the credibility of this sort of " info. "

" Information " is a very slippery slope....and broadcasting it is even more dangerous.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Just the facts, ma'am

[dylbert]

I love Jan Rushton's hats & sundresses. I'd take her over Beulah Twins (or is it Beulah Tanks now) anytime.

Jessica Pacheco is improving with each meet. I see live at LaD and she is much better now than when she started. FG gets bigger audience and focuses more attention on its on-air talent. FG's John G. Dooley is one of my favorite race callers, too.

Jill Byrne is one of the most knowledgeable analysts in United States. She brings insight and interest to thoroughbred racing in Kentucky. ESPN/ABC/Disney should add her to its broadcast team. Or YouBet could replace that "Little Andy" fella with her!

Originally Posted by dylbert

I love Jan Rushton's hats & sundresses. I'd take her over Beulah Twins (or is it Beulah Tanks now) anytime.

Jessica Pacheco is improving with each meet. I see live at LaD and she is much better now than when she started. FG gets bigger audience and focuses more attention on its on-air talent. FG's John G. Dooley is one of my favorite race callers, too.

Jill Byrne is one of the most knowledgeable analysts in United States. She brings insight and interest to thoroughbred racing in Kentucky. ESPN/ABC/Disney should add her to its broadcast team. Or YouBet could replace that "Little Andy" fella with her!

Jill Byrne has a weird smile. It's a nervous smile. Reminds me of Garth from Wayne's World.