New Posts For Thread: Festival - on course commentator 2015https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015I heard a really vicious rumour that Thommo was going to be the on-course commentator for the Festival this year...please can someone confirm that I'm victim of a hoax here please?".....and Harchibald is laughing at them!"https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543101903#543101903".....and Harchibald is laughing at them!"Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:06:45 -0600Cattermole did some of the earlier meetings this year, truly dreadfulAs someone mentioned earlier a good piece of commentary can add so much to a race.....got to be Holt and Hoiles doing two days each festival weekhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543101869#543101869Cattermole did some of the earlier meetings this year, truly dreadfulAs someone mentioned earlier a good piece of commentary can add so much to a race.....got to be Holt and Hoiles doing two days each festival weekThu, 15 Jan 2015 03:55:52 -0600Cattermole is bloody awful. Doesn't make anything exciting! Watching reruns of past festival races on youtube and he just ruins em.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543057687#543057687Cattermole is bloody awful. Doesn't make anything exciting! Watching reruns of past festival races on youtube and he just ruins em.Mon, 12 Jan 2015 07:03:19 -0600Holt does CH 4Hunt does Radio 5 livehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543057645#543057645Holt does CH 4Hunt does Radio 5 liveMon, 12 Jan 2015 07:00:13 -0600I very happy if Hoiles/Holt/MJ get the gigPlease NO NO NO CATTERMOLE/BARTYhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543056781#543056781I very happy if Hoiles/Holt/MJ get the gigPlease NO NO NO CATTERMOLE/BARTYMon, 12 Jan 2015 05:17:43 -0600Just talking as an armchair viewer Joist.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543040151#543040151Just talking as an armchair viewer Joist.Sun, 11 Jan 2015 07:46:04 -0600Very surprised at that sentiment Budd, I think commentators can and often do add an enormous amount to the atmosphere.The Cheltenham crowd on its own doesn't boil over when the Supreme fav comes there cruising 3 out, the commentator lights the touch-https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543038891#543038891Very surprised at that sentiment Budd, I think commentators can and often do add an enormous amount to the atmosphere.The Cheltenham crowd on its own doesn't boil over when the Supreme fav comes there cruising 3 out, the commentator lights the touch-Sun, 11 Jan 2015 06:18:17 -0600I won't be there so no worries, but to add my twopenneth, Thommo should never be employed again and not sure how he is. My fave 2 are John Hunt and I like Ian Bartlett.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543038793#543038793I won't be there so no worries, but to add my twopenneth, Thommo should never be employed again and not sure how he is. My fave 2 are John Hunt and I like Ian Bartlett.Sun, 11 Jan 2015 06:08:41 -0600Simon Holt is probably the best commentator on the circuit now. A few years ago I'd have said Hoiles but Holt has overtaken him in my opinion. Top 5:1. Simon Holt2. Richard Hoiles3. Mark Johnston4. Jerry Hannon5. John HuntDarren Owen and Richard Pughhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543038603#543038603Simon Holt is probably the best commentator on the circuit now. A few years ago I'd have said Hoiles but Holt has overtaken him in my opinion. Top 5:1. Simon Holt2. Richard Hoiles3. Mark Johnston4. Jerry Hannon5. John HuntDarren Owen and Richard PughSun, 11 Jan 2015 05:44:46 -0600Hoiles: loves the sound of his own voice, annoying know it all who I've never seen tip a winner ("x has never travelled, possibly feeling effects of the hard race last time"). Do your job, i.e. call the horses, and leave the analysis to the experts.Thttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30415915/festival---on-course-commentator-2015?post_id=543038479#543038479Hoiles: loves the sound of his own voice, annoying know it all who I've never seen tip a winner ("x has never travelled, possibly feeling effects of the hard race last time"). Do your job, i.e. call the horses, and leave the analysis to the experts.TSun, 11 Jan 2015 05:27:52 -0600