New Posts For Thread: Anyone miss the good old days of Channel 4 Racing?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racingNo need to post a Youtube link on this occasion, just switch on SSR where you'll find The Catt, Jimbo & Holty Which I think calls for a musical Youtube link..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtTw3Q3RCw&list=RD8HtTw3Q3RCw&start_radio=1Who not whyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881513#564881513Who not whyMon, 28 Jul 2025 03:26:17 -0500Class means diddly squat to the Australians why pay Francesca a six-figure fee for the Melbourne Cup meet. She is highly regarded for her knowledge, contacts and presentation- and she's pretty easy on the eye, too.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881511#564881511Class means diddly squat to the Australians why pay Francesca a six-figure fee for the Melbourne Cup meet. She is highly regarded for her knowledge, contacts and presentation- and she's pretty easy on the eye, too.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 03:25:11 -0500The producers of sports programmes seem to consider particiaption as an essential qualification to be a pundit. Some are very good. Phil Tufnell is a natural in cricket, Nasser Hussein and Mike Atherton are good on TV but others are only there becaushttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881509#564881509The producers of sports programmes seem to consider particiaption as an essential qualification to be a pundit. Some are very good. Phil Tufnell is a natural in cricket, Nasser Hussein and Mike Atherton are good on TV but others are only there becausMon, 28 Jul 2025 03:24:50 -0500Francesca Cumani is a particularly ill-chosen example of the power of private schools. Clearly it was her name and not her old school tie that got her on telly.In modern parlance, she is a nepo-baby.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881485#564881485Francesca Cumani is a particularly ill-chosen example of the power of private schools. Clearly it was her name and not her old school tie that got her on telly.In modern parlance, she is a nepo-baby.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 02:59:19 -0500It saddens me when every person who has been to a private school is subject to a prejudice which to me seems very similar to racism. How many of them had the choice at age 11 of which school they went to? I went to a local comprehensive but as a farmhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881473#564881473It saddens me when every person who has been to a private school is subject to a prejudice which to me seems very similar to racism. How many of them had the choice at age 11 of which school they went to? I went to a local comprehensive but as a farmMon, 28 Jul 2025 02:49:36 -0500^She was educated at an independent girls boarding school.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881331#564881331^She was educated at an independent girls boarding school.Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:23:56 -0500Good job Francesca was educated at the local comp', or else she might not have got a job with ITV racing.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881277#564881277Good job Francesca was educated at the local comp', or else she might not have got a job with ITV racing.Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:53:28 -0500IMO they were right to differentiate themselves from the C4 racing team. The C4 racing team were dossing on the job:- and they had a much better product to work with then.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881271#564881271IMO they were right to differentiate themselves from the C4 racing team. The C4 racing team were dossing on the job:- and they had a much better product to work with then.Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:52:02 -0500class was the deciding factorApparently they wanted to distance themselves from Channel 4 Racing, and it wasn't just Luck who was passed over, but also Simon Holt, who even offered to be second commentator (the role which was given to Mark Johnson),https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881251#564881251class was the deciding factorApparently they wanted to distance themselves from Channel 4 Racing, and it wasn't just Luck who was passed over, but also Simon Holt, who even offered to be second commentator (the role which was given to Mark Johnson),Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:42:33 -0500which is the point. it wasnt about competence. class was the deciding factor. hes too posh. which is where the diversity and inclusion d1ckheads shut up. imagine the other way roundits not about capability for them its about special treatment and evehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31880181/anyone-miss-the-good-old-days-of-channel-4-racing?post_id=564881207#564881207which is the point. it wasnt about competence. class was the deciding factor. hes too posh. which is where the diversity and inclusion d1ckheads shut up. imagine the other way roundits not about capability for them its about special treatment and eveSun, 27 Jul 2025 16:21:08 -0500