tomo's commentaries are nauseating .

I actually dont mind them.  Far better than his interviewing or presenting

Just remind me.......who owned the second horse at Yarmouth?
Zealot - I hope you hate him with the zeal that I do.

i don't mind him either tbh...the thing is that he is happy to take the pi55 out of himself...along with plenty others...so he gets plenty of credit for that i think.

disgrace

he's an appalling(lip smacking) commentator

Legend.

Roquebrune=thommo (nap)

You think tommo is bad listen to the fool on the dogs tonight

Hollie pulling away when in reality the 2nd was closing her down

Is he blind clear winner and he is screaming photo

one of the greatest commentaries of all time ,3:40 yarmouth

scenes at Yarmouth

wwwoooooooowwww thats onnnnnnne for the judddggge

did hollie get up - yes ydc only by a neck or so

I like Tommo though so carry on with the comedy

I quite like him as well. Agree his commentaries are nauseous though; he is faking it.

Thommo = Teflon ............. Take note Boris!

Marvellous commentary for the 4:40 yarmouth.

I really enjoyed that.

No problem with calling the winner on the line. Spot on.

He's miles ahead of the balloon who commentated on the 2.20 at Catterick yesterday.  Don't Fight It.
According to him the winner "burst to the front" in the last twenty yards when it had broke well, been with the pace all the way and led a furlong and a half out.
I'll take Thommo every day of the week thank you.

Thommo excels on tight turning tracks like Fakenham.
People turn up simply to hear his commentaries.

''The horses are down at the start, and so are the jockeys.''

It's gems like that which have contributed to his legendary status.

''the little horse'' in a recentish jumps race was a beauty must have said it about 10 times during his ever more frantic commentary
tbf it looked a bit smaller than rest but it was hardly a dwarf horse, he made it sound david and goliathesque

One thing Thommo doesn;t get is frantic.  The champion of that particular trait is Darren the Dobber.

Immediate pre-installing these bozos doing the 3.35 at Newmarket are discussing uncorking champagne!  ffs.

Tommo and Cheese and Tomartlett Bartlett on mute today both absolutely utterly painful.

Infact a good reason why people will be losing interest in racing.

Get rid of these Dinosaurs.

about time he was put out to pasture

Just really tedious imo.

Surely there are better folk for the job ???  Cringeworthy 90% of the time, even he must realise when he plays them back, must be potless and needs a pension top up. He still insists on trying to make a race which can be called 2 out sound like a bunch finish. !!

Well said.

born for SIS and blower service,fairytale commentating that no one can see to laugh at you

Why did he think that repeatedly pronoucing Cuddly Dudley with a silly northern accent was even mildly amusing?

My heart sank when I saw Minesbiggerthanurs was running at Wolves the other day in a race I wanted to watch. The barely concealed smirk  was oh so predictable and sure enough...

Lovely bit of Russian in the last race.

LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS is the most pathetic line of all and has started saying it a couple of times a race.

People wonder why racing is dying...out with the old in with the new...beyond tedious.

You can’t blame him for collecting the cash…..

Racing media and journos….pundits alike are all guessing and getting a right few quid…..


Number 4 on the weight cloth means it’s number 4 ……ffs….I will never forget it……

Absolute pain listening to it. 3.35 Carlisle appears to see 7 runners even though there's only 6. Still chewing his mouth as well. Blithering idiot

Blithering ….lol.  I like it

He's truly horrible. But I assumed it would be Owen at Carlisle and actually felt some relief when it wasn't. Still got the name dropping, arch patroniser Naughton though. Didn't we? isn't he? we did didn't we? As Mark was just saying to me just then, as you pointed out didn't you?

'commentaries are' is redundant in the headline

was never better than average to be fair,retirement very soon please.

Luke Harvey seems to always escape the wrath…..very poor at communicating and difficult to understand,lots of gulping and teeth problems…..certainly not tv material…..but anything goes

Not long until the flat season starts…Jason weeeeeeevvvver…juuuuuust saying like…..ffs

I love the mute button….

ok lets load em up! Any more bets! WAC!

The 'lets load them up' kind of comments make me laugh the most - like he thinks he's actually running the show!

not as nauseating as hoiles

Any more bets?
Ok and here we go.
Its a good even break
Slurp
lets see who's gonna take them along
And they're at the furlong marker
Slurp
lets see what happens
[something else] is coming with a good looking run
Or is he?
Oh wow - thats close!
Thats one for the judge.

Frankel's Guineas

'All jump that one well...'

As at least two crash and bounce through the fence...one of my faves of his...

Good old Thommo?
Is miles ahead of that Darren guy who screeches like a banshee if a pigeon even flies away from them.
Good old Thommo!
And Hoiles's continued change of tone, as if he is telling us a secret that none of us but him can see!
Good old Thommo!

My pet hate phrase from any commentator is "and there's only about ten lengths from last to first here".
As if being ten lengths last is of some consolation/value/interest to anyone.  Or as if a ten length deficit in a modest class race can be made up just like that come the home straight by one of the most modest horses in training.

Anyone noticed that Shouty has started sounding a bit Churchillian mid race?

he's as heavy as him as well.

I would know what shouty and Darren sound like, if I didn't always mute them!

I do too but some bad memories linger, don;t they.

True, that's exactly why I mute them as soon as possible!

I was watching Tommo commentate on a 3 horse race a week or so ago. As they turned into the home straight, the maestro announced that "there's only a couple of lengths between the LEADING three". Thanks for that.

airto

TBF to Tommo of course it isn't just him that rankles as a commentator. I think the main point is what do they actually add when watching a race, and in many cases nothing, as your example shows!

I mostly prefer to watch all races with silence, but that's my preference.

I watch replays in silence, but watching live its always better with a good call. Better silent than a bad one though.

There are two kinds of bad callers. Those whose actual words are badly chosen, and those with an irritaing voice and intonation. Either detract significantly from the enjoyment of watching a race.
I have five that tick both those boxes and while I sometimes reluctantly tolerate without muting for four of them, one of them has no exceptions under any circumstances.

Good summary of this issue steerforth. I'd also add 'volume' as a key criteria for me, in rushing for the mute button.

It's also one reason I can't stand most modern sports commentators (e.g. football), and can't even contemplate the dreaded football/sport female commentator...agghh!