Early races at bendigo, fields of 6 , 5 and 5 runners

What's the market we see all of them inthe yard ??

Shouldn't even be a question!! but............

who's doing the on track commentary?????????

exciting stuff.

9 runners in the Fourth so it's a bit like a Quaddie........... one leg is aaaaaaaaaaalways "tougher" than the rest.

Shane Templeton- "Quaddie" $1.50?

Any of the others- hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Anyone watchin??  did they get any legs, at all!!

Firstly

TERRY CLIFTON

TAKE A BOW !!!!!! Of the races I saw yesterday........ OUTSTANDING !!!

A man who "moved" through the runners IN the yard, seeming to understand the

OBVIOUS REALITY....

THEY ARE ONLY IN THE YARD FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME!!!!   

Sound of applause


The race just run at Pakenham, Thunderbird Olzanski was bullied by the cameraman

into showing them ALL!! IN the yard.  Hilarious.

Cameraman,............. TAKE A BOW

Thunderbird,..............TAKE A LEAF

Blimey  Spoon, you do have some pull.
Well done. They must have been reading.
Power to the FORUM.

Pj, as I mentioned on another thread, the CH7 coverage is not a "real" racing coverage. It is a

completely different "animal" and my only beef there is the exclusivity that deprives TVN and

the other mob of providing a "real" racing telecast for the "real punter". Highlighted best by the

shambolic DEAL OR NO DEAL debacle.

Pj and Chante, influence?........... I wish!!

Perhaps the pen IS mightier than the sword !!!

Pleased about that.......... my sword is rusty


Would be ridiculous to admit I google earthed Betfair Park to see how far in that stupid prop Panda

was, drove around the course late at night(perimeter fence evaluation ), on my travels....

and considered kidnapping him, leaving a note of demand re the mounting yard coverage and sending

him back piece by piece if snubbed. Not easy but do-able (If he was wet he would be heavy, etc,

etc) . Like I said, my sword is rusty

Therefore I deny it

Academy Jack, collared close to home and ran 3rd - $2.80 a place , for the record.


I'll give them one more chance, today.

The first at Ballarat, SIX RUNNERS, after "sponsors anouncements" .... cross back to Terry with 9 mins

to start time. Terry chats to the track manager while the runners walk the yard in the background.

End of chat, change camera, watch horses heading away to 1000m start.

Timing? ...... for the viewer, disregard or contempt?

UNFKNBELIEVABLE

Ararat, amateur hour as usual. Might take a few days off to create......... a .............

TVN Mounting Yard Vision Manifesto

ATB

David Gately, giving his form assessments for the entire meeting at Mornington , completes them as the toppy

leaves the yard for the first race.       NO MOUNTING YARD VISION AT ALL

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

How SWETTENHAM STUD.....The Home of Champions

would want to be associated with bringing ("the mounting yard vision for Swettenham Stud") such a sloppy, amateur,

inconsistent and hypocritical product to market is beyond me. It's certainly not a product most advertisers who

are espousing excellence and professionalism would accept as it is a reflection of their business.

Do you think that are doing this to try and get people back to the track because they don't het the coverage on TV?

Yesterday at Warrnambool, Shane mentions " the favourite is in from $2.80 to $2.20......

probably support from those punters who saw her in the pre-parade and mounting yard,

looked really well."

On a day where, early, the only other "vision" was of the yearling sale in NZ.....

in one case, someone decided they couldn't "leave" the sale until horses were

leaving the mounting yard 


HYPOCRISY, IN A NUTSHELL

Tx, pleased to hear we have similar views , TQ. 

Yesterday at Sandown, Shane, referring to Cheviot Beach says, " and he looks terrific today,

particularly looking at him in the mounting yard I rate him really highly." (Ran 2nd)


(I concurred with his view but preferred to back another I liked from the yard due to the

R Smerdon/ D Oliver factors.)

Just another day of "some" of them seen in the yard at varying angles with the dreaded

"overhead shot" in regular use Might as well show them from the Goodyear Blimp.

Perhaps we could strap a helmet-cam to Shane, Terry or Thunderbird and get the same

view they enjoy.

Cross to Thunderbird,  10 mins prior to race he goes through the tote prices

Then cross to mounting yard vision……………

(R6 Wodonga ……6 runners!!!)

“And we ahhh take a look firstly, at Bringenbrong. …. Well he’s had a few hard luck stories throughout his career, Bringenbrong , but ahh the day he won at Seymour back at the end of December he really  showed his true colours  and in fact he goes very well at this venue as well he’s been here three times, his local track,  in a race,  for a win and a minor placing. I guess his race style has always made it a bit difficult for him because he has, in the past got back in his races he’s out to sixteen hundred metres today in a small field though, with a claim from a good draw and I would’nt be surprised if he’s you know in the second line if they do pair off in three lots…. of..ahhh.. two,

(Cameraman moves on to next runner,Penzevengi )

And I wouldn’t be surprised if hes just behind the leaders here..ahhh, he seemingly had every chance at Sandown last time he was in the running line about three pairs back he was brought to the centre he loomed up for a stride and he battled away in the race won by Crawfish and the form around him and Wyngardiam Leviosa  is quite strong from his previous win in showcase seventy two and here he is in this regular seventy two and he looks quite well placed so Bringenbrong is going to be hard to beat.

Penzevengi is the two, Redoutes Choice gelding who David Hayes has been taking up the road to Sydney on a number of occasions trying to get some decent prizemoney up there and he’s run a couple of encouraging events including one time over nineteen hundred metres at Canterbury where after missing the start he actually ran on very well albeit with only fifty kilos on his back after Chad Schofield’s claim.

(Cameraman moves on to next runner, HEZACRUISER)

Ahh he went to the ATC meeting at Kembla Grange last start in a restricted ahhh no metro win race and he just kept on whacking away to the line so he’s been given a freshen up of five to six weeks and hence he drops back from two thousand to sixteen hundred metres ahhh and that won’t be against him what will be is maybe a lack of pace and from a wide gate the query is where will he land will he go back to the last pair and if it’s a sit sprint will he be able to run over the top of them so there’s a few little question marks there but on ability on the class of horse hes been ummm  meeting in his last couple of starts he’s well placed coming back to this level.
Here is Hezacruiser…well he had a good campaign last time in work put together a couple of victories at Wangaratta and at Seymour then they took him to town and everything was thrown on it’s head when obviously he pulled up scratchy because it was too bad to be true with a thirty length defeat he was given a good decent spell of about six months he won a trial and has returned this campaign wuth some encouraging runs especially his performance at Bendigo second up and his last run at Seymour when he raced in a forward position  but couldn’t quite sustain it to the line. Just by default he’s  the leader here in what could be a moderately run race and he has to be given a good chance based on that fact.

(Cameraman moves on to next runner, SET TO POUNCE)

he is five fifty out to six dollars.

Now at the other end will be Set to Pounce, no doubt, Set To Pounce who was a big improver coming back from a break this campaign he’s always shown ability but he must have had a few issues he started his career with Danny Obrien , Danny was able to get a Sandown win out of him as a three year old and then in a couple of subsequent short preparations he didn’t quite come up  no doubt Erin was learning about him last prep when in four starts he was down the track each time but boy it was a good return at Kyneton he gave most of them a headstart was brought to the centre and really roared home under Stacey Rawiller then went to town again back to the scene of his metro win  at Sandown back in two thousand and nine and went back there in early December and on a slow track he was far from disgraced. But his normal race style is

(Cameraman moves on to next runner, THIS CATS MAGIC)

to ahhh get back at least that’s been the case in recent starts not saying that he can’t adapt  an on pace role because the day he did win at Sandown he was a joint leader so there might be some versatility there but in my speed map I had him in the last pair.

On to the six This Cats Magic for Brian Cox and Linda Meech . So Brian’s got a couple of strong chances here and This Cats Magic has got Linda the inside gate and ahhh a good record at this track its had four wins overrall , two of them at its home ahhh home venue. Now it’s going to get the right run  from that gate I’ve got it in the box seat here on my map ahhh this it’s peak distance as mentioned ticks the box with the track ahhh comes out of the Courtya race against it’s own sex a few weeks back ago at  Sandown prior to that was running well at Wangaratta and at Wagga in some ahhh country races

(THE CATS MAGIC LEAVES THE MOUNTING YARD AND HEADS ON TO THE TRACK !!!!!!!!!!!)

had to lump sixty kilos at Wagga and I thought did quite well coming from the tail of the field but today should be getting the right run

(Cameraman moves on to next runner, COSTA MUCHO, AS IT LEAVES THE YARD!!!!!!!!)

to suggest if it gets the right breaks could easily win this, three dollars eighty there’s good money around for it, in from four twenty to suggest it could threaten the stable companion, Bringenbrong.

And I can’t say that Costa Mucho won’t win but he is the clear outsider of the field and after all he is coming out of a….  a win last start in a cup race but it was a picnic cup as far as picnic standards go Dederang is not one of the most premier clubs it’s a once a year program not that far away in fact from here but you can’t knock him on what he’s done last start his two previous runs at Wangaratta were decent albeit in a 58 and at Towong in a non-tab 68 ahhh I’m willing to risk him but he’s won eight races throughout his career so he knows how to win and he’ll be trying hard but I think others present as better options than him, most of his wins have been in lower grade races the benchmark fifty-fives and ahhh fifty-eights .

Alright these runners are about to arrive at the start….......


FFS !!!!!

Well, he might know his form?, he might be a good racecaller too?..............good luck to him

but.... he has shown , above........... he has no concept of "time" and no respect for the viewers at home who

want to SEE THEM ALL, IN the yard.

Needs to have a word with  Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward or Brains



Next instalment, R7 Wodonga........ to come

T.Q. In defence of TVN the ESPN feed you refer to has a dedicated channel for each racetrack. They don't have the time constraints.

Yeah.should have read your post with eyes open. You actually said what I just said. Doh!!!!

TQ, no I haven't seen it, I feel it's best I dont

Max, from what I saw, Shane did his usual, "reasonable" job with the last race winner and

third placegetter unseen IN the mounting yard Hope you had a good day.









10 mins prior to race

(R7 Wodonga ……7 runners!!!)

And lets start off with Dandy Dollar well you won’t miss him he’s a  ghostly white and Jake Duffy looking for a running double Christina Jeffrey prepares this horse and she hasn’t had the  galloper all that long, at his best as a young horse as a three year old he was of city class and then he just lost his game and I’m not sure whether that was due to an injury or niggling issues or he just found his mark and ahhh regressed,

(Cameraman moves on to next runner SOLAR STRIKE)

but anyway he returned for the first time in a while last time out at Wangaratta and for his first up run in about ten months it wasn’t that bad, he was detached from the field he tacked on and passed a couple late but he hasn’t won for a long time and the last time he won was back in two thousand and seven but it wasn’t a stakes race as a three year old at Flemington of course he was formerly prepared by Rick Hore-Lacy so if he can find anything near his best he’d be a chance but punters not giving him that hope at thirteen dollars.
Here’s Solar Strike they’re giving him a better chance he’s only seven fifty in from eight as well or she this mare , a winner T Towong at that non tab meeting we been speaking about, beat a horse called Rexzeal who had been previously highly competitive in this grade ahhh last time went to Albury on pace just couldn’t continue, ahh back to twelve hundred metres in fact may be a benefit for her she’s been here twice over the twelve hundred metres and has finished out of the money both times though one was a fourth and in fact both times were a fourth in seventy two benchmark grade so both decent runs in a higher level so she’s definitely in with a hope.

(Cameraman moves on to next runner HEESATOFF)

Next up is horse number five, Heesatoff  now he’s the exciting one in this race where some of these might have found their mark or have had their best several preparations ago he at least is on an upward trend Brian Cox looking for a double, Linda Meech rides and Linda’s been on this horse two of its three starts including the win at Echuca where she steered it to a clear cut on pace win over Bordeaux. Went to Wangaratta the other day, came into the race at the right time and was just in a blanket finish battling away but out bobbed by Second Dozen and you’d expect that just the way he raced that day the twelve hundred metres will suit and he stays in the sixty eight grade in well.. it’s hard to really assess what ahhh..depth of this sixty..ahhh what depth this sixty eight grade has because

HEESATOFF STEPS ON TO THE TRACK

a couple of the horses that have shown city class ability mightn’t be racing at their best but ahhh he looks well placed nonetheless from an inside gate

(Cameraman moves on to next runner SOCIETAL) ON TRACK HEADING AWAY  TO BARRIERS

to be in the first ahh two or three he’ll be at least leading on the fence or box seating  I cant see any other position for him unless he does come away from the rails and race outside the leader.Ahh here’s Societal, Danny Obrien another runner for him at his first day up at Wodonga today with his team, he’s already had a winner this filly by Mossman was an Adelaide winner in her first campaign as a three year old, back to back wins after winning on the synthetic track but this time in she’s not the same same sort of horse as an older three year old ahhh she’s really struggled at Flemington and at Sandown  both her only attempts at Melbourne metro grade which you’d have to say were stronger than Adelaide metro grade which she won in last ahh campaign but you do expect more from her now at her best she can race on pace press on from that gate and try and get a good run which does play favourably at this track but there’s a big question mark is she going well has she got issues

(Cameraman moves on to next runner PROVIDENTIAL) ON TRACK HEADING AWAY  TO BARRIERS

that are hidden…ahhhh…maybe she just needs a few runs this time in to find her form not sure and she definitely is risky because of her recent runs. Three out to four forty is the current mark. PROVIDENTIAL is horse number seven with the one and only win at twelve hundred metres not the best winning strike rate, one from twenty, David Oprey took over the training of this horse early in his career after Robert Smerdon had him for his first three starts he knows how to place, he’s placed many times in fact nine but the wins are few and far between when he did win it was here at the twelve hundred metres albeit on a heavy track, I’ve always felt that he’s better over a slightly olnger trip than twelve hundred metres and a twelve hundred metre win on a heavy track may reiterate that but ahh he’s second up and his run the other day at Wagga  over a thousand which has always been too short for him actually was encouraging, he’s got race plates on for the first time which is a good sign.

(PROVIDENTIAL HAS NOW ARRIVED AT THE BARRIERS!!)

(Cameraman moves on to next runner AVRIL STAR) ON TRACK HEADING AWAY TO BARRIERS

Well I think this ahhh gelding has a good chance today because of the claim and just the way it ahh meets the rest at the weights, Amanda Masters will take, I’m pretty sure, two and a half kilos off here , I haven’t heard an announcement but if she rides at her minimum it will be two and a half off the back of Avrils Star, Liz Albers prepares  locally, Amanda knows the horse well  from its two recent runs at Wodonga and at Towong , ahhh missed the start at Wodonga behind Garvan was good, had it jumped it may well have been in a better position and at Towong didn’t see that non tab meeting  but in a sixty two was beaten a nose, ahhh just carrying that fifty two kilos today and the ability to race in the first half of the field is going to put him in very good stead when it comes to the crunch, he’s performed well at this distance and he’s performed well at this track and distance in combined, in combination, in the past in fact he’s never been out of the first three at the twelve hundred here at Wodonga, so he’s the one I’m leaning to at a decent price, nine dollars (HORSE HAS NOW ALMOST ARRIVED AT THE BARRIERS) And Roadacious,

(Cameraman moves on to next runner ROADACIOUS) ALREADY BEHIND THE BARRIERS

mare by Danroad, who’s second up today, a recent return at Corowa was ahhh fair it did cover ground from one of the outside gates it’s last win at Gundagai in a benchmark fifty five ahhh was a good looking win but just  whether it stacks up to see it win today in this stronger class of race is what punters have to ahhh well toss up and at the moment they’re saying probably not and he’s been a drifter out to nineteen dollars.  So that’s them as they arrive at the start…….

The viewers can READ..... breeding, riders, trainers, weights are shown ON the screen

buddy !!! Comprende?.... YOU DO NOT NEED TO REPEAT THEM... WE ALREADY KNOW!!



And that my friends is how it's possible to only show THREE horses IN the yard from

a paltry field of seven


It's almost a skill, being so fkn self important!!!
Calling International Rescue.............. please take him back!!!!!!!!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U6eY3ZA5XQ&feature=fvst

Bruce Clark just then in the last at Sandown "Another Prelate "he's going pretty well... this campaign" only problem with it hasnt raced since 30 October last year!!!

Obviously done his form well for this race

zero idea tvn no mounting yard whatsoever for rosehill race 1 all we got was the 2yo's on the way to the barrier.

Well done TVN great shot purely of Lets Be Happy's arse in the mounting yard in thelast at caulfield. So far its the only runner they managed to show shots of its arse only. Unbelievable.

THUNDERBIRD OLZANSKI was gonna get a whack for mentioning during his SEEEmore meeting

preview that he would interrupt his wisdom in order for us to see Americain complete an

exhibition gallop.

HE HASN"T BEEN SO CONCERNED ABOUT INTERRUPTING HIS WISDOM IN THE PAST TO ALLOW US TO SEE

THE RUNNERS PARADING FOR THE FIRST RACE. 

Question; CAN YOU BET ON AN EXHIBITION GALLOP?

Question; CAN YOU BET ON A RACE?

Question; WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, ADAM?


But then, he covers himself with embarrassment

by crossing to the Mounting yard, looking for Americain and says " I'm not sure if that is him

Americain is the one that's plaited up so that is, that's him, that's Americain ahhh so that's

him and the other one is Budai a former German galloper. Anyway we'll see these horses in work

very shhhh... in fact I'm not sure if these are, are they? No, no, Americain is ahhh black ..

so these might be the fillies. Mrs Grey and Mamas Choice... so we're going out of schedule here

thought..... geeez they're a bit snall for older stayers............."


A brown filly with a white blaze!!!!!!!

Who needs to whack you, Thunderbird? You mortally wound yourself !!!

You need to go.