ESPN Telecast

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by FairPlay

Not showing the post parade or the call to the post for each race undermined the pageantry of the sport. Also I miss NBC's majestic music. For a superlative day of racing in a sport of kings, it seemed more like gritty college football quality coverage. Then again, college football and NASCAR do better than horse racing for ratings, but I don't like this move to ESPN at all. And Trevor Denman was dreadful.

I was going back and forth all day between ESPN and TVG. I thought my timing was just off and that was why I kept missing the post parades.

So they actually didn't show the post parades? That is unbelievable. That is crazy. What in the world were they thinking? I think the post parade is standard coverage for any horseracing telecast. To not show the post parade is indefensible.

[sumitas]

They'd show maybe 2 or 3 of the horses in the parade from an angle that just did not present the horse. You wouldn't even know who was running.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I was going back and forth all day between ESPN and TVG. I thought my timing was just off and that was why I kept missing the post parades.

So they actually didn't show the post parades? That is unbelievable. That is crazy. What in the world were they thinking? I think the post parade is standard coverage for any horseracing telecast. To not show the post parade is indefensible.

Ditto. Then I went to Brisbet to get the CD feed, as I usually would if I'm not getting all the visuals I want from a track. Bummer! No streaming feed. Exclusivity may be necessary for TV program contracts, but simulcasting is a whole different ballgame. Can't those genius network honchos figure that out?