New Posts For Thread: How to improve televised racing coveragehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverageDoes anyone feel like me that TV coverage of horse racing needs a real kick up the backside? It's of no real use to me as it is, as a provider of information that can help me make a better judgement of how i should play a race. I can't remember the lWe punters have never had it so good just purchase RUK ..worth every penny .AtTheRaces is also very good but not in the same class as RUK.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=551081453#551081453We punters have never had it so good just purchase RUK ..worth every penny .AtTheRaces is also very good but not in the same class as RUK.Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:45:45 -0600metro johnYou may be right mj about the job being done for a new/younger audience. I was pleased to see the improving racecourse attendance figures for last year so I guess we have to say that generally racing is doing a good job. As to the TV coverhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=551073441#551073441metro johnYou may be right mj about the job being done for a new/younger audience. I was pleased to see the improving racecourse attendance figures for last year so I guess we have to say that generally racing is doing a good job. As to the TV coverMon, 30 Jan 2017 11:38:06 -0600Good morning Sandown, I come from an era where we had black and white TVs, we watched for hours, and then came colour, fantastic, we watched for days, unfortunately with age, the novelty disappears, and it is age that is the problem for the likes ofhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=551069825#551069825Good morning Sandown, I come from an era where we had black and white TVs, we watched for hours, and then came colour, fantastic, we watched for days, unfortunately with age, the novelty disappears, and it is age that is the problem for the likes ofMon, 30 Jan 2017 04:20:56 -0600Apparently the ratings were well down for Saturday's show on ITV4. Can't say that I'm surprised as I don't think that I have ever tuned in to that channel, so it will take time for people to remember it's on there. Likewise the morning prog which I chttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550864819#550864819Apparently the ratings were well down for Saturday's show on ITV4. Can't say that I'm surprised as I don't think that I have ever tuned in to that channel, so it will take time for people to remember it's on there. Likewise the morning prog which I cWed, 11 Jan 2017 09:12:01 -0600Radical changes to the camera work needed above all. Take a look at racing from Hong Kong for instance, amazing stuff. From overhead, from ground level, close-ups as the stalls open etc etchttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550862331#550862331Radical changes to the camera work needed above all. Take a look at racing from Hong Kong for instance, amazing stuff. From overhead, from ground level, close-ups as the stalls open etc etcWed, 11 Jan 2017 04:18:49 -0600Nothing planned yet brigust1 but I will be going to Sandown on Saturday. I ruptured my Achilles last April (just stepping off a boat, nothing special) and was on crutches (no weight bearing) for 14 weeks then another 5 in a boot, so buggered up the whttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550785849#550785849Nothing planned yet brigust1 but I will be going to Sandown on Saturday. I ruptured my Achilles last April (just stepping off a boat, nothing special) and was on crutches (no weight bearing) for 14 weeks then another 5 in a boot, so buggered up the wTue, 03 Jan 2017 08:48:13 -0600we'rehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550785395#550785395we'reTue, 03 Jan 2017 07:42:16 -0600Ditto S. Anything planned for the year? I took my grandson to watch my local team Swindon play against Southend yesterday, it was freezing but he managed to get four autographs after the match so he went home pleased. In the summer holidays were allhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550785387#550785387Ditto S. Anything planned for the year? I took my grandson to watch my local team Swindon play against Southend yesterday, it was freezing but he managed to get four autographs after the match so he went home pleased. In the summer holidays were allTue, 03 Jan 2017 07:41:27 -0600Happy NY brigust1.I don't think that AP needs to be critical of other jockeys. He just needs to talk us through how he would ride a race on any given horse, what tactics he would use, how the course rides, where the tricky fences are, where he wouldhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550785009#550785009Happy NY brigust1.I don't think that AP needs to be critical of other jockeys. He just needs to talk us through how he would ride a race on any given horse, what tactics he would use, how the course rides, where the tricky fences are, where he wouldTue, 03 Jan 2017 06:48:40 -0600I couldn't agree more about AP but that is not racing I'm sad to say. In football every week ex footballers will point out where a defender or an attacker gets it all wrong, gets in the wrong position and makes the wrong decision often leading to goahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/30722485/how-to-improve-televised-racing-coverage?post_id=550781241#550781241I couldn't agree more about AP but that is not racing I'm sad to say. In football every week ex footballers will point out where a defender or an attacker gets it all wrong, gets in the wrong position and makes the wrong decision often leading to goaMon, 02 Jan 2017 16:49:38 -0600