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25 mins gone..... what have we actually learnt??
No preview of Ascot likely due to it not being on C4...... thats like them not previewing the national!!
We have learnt however that that Williams bookmaker prefers jumps but she doesn't get to watch much of it, poor mare.
Even the huge industry issue of the whip was skirted around with a brief 2 min discussion, but if you pop your form into the box next to the Arkle statue you could win the chance to stand next to the judge counting the amounts of strikes!!
Very very poor fare.
No preview of Ascot likely due to it not being on C4...... thats like them not previewing the national!!
We have learnt however that that Williams bookmaker prefers jumps but she doesn't get to watch much of it, poor mare.
Even the huge industry issue of the whip was skirted around with a brief 2 min discussion, but if you pop your form into the box next to the Arkle statue you could win the chance to stand next to the judge counting the amounts of strikes!!
Very very poor fare.
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Oh yes and how did I forget to mention Lesley...... grrrrrrr!!
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Inclined to agree - ALREADY emailed them twice this morning... once to point out they were discretely neglecting to mention Hughes threw in his licence after collecting a SECOND ban... and then to invite Leslie to stfu and get a f move on. Surprisingly neither warranted a reply
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Lesley Graham
If she was the last woman in the world I would have to opt for hand relief. |
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Absolutely risible programme. Appalling stuff.Insult to anyone interested in racing. The one thing that really irks me is the made up tw@ts /emails messages 'from the public' that stream across the bottom of the screen. Dire dire dire.
The credibility of this programme was highlighted by Lesley Graham reading out an email with a puerile joke about having a whip round for the banned jockeys. FFS !!!! |
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Subjunctive... "If she WERE the last..."#
But agree with the sentiment entirely Alice looking rather mumsy and tired atm - shame because I'm a fan |
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she is beginning to look anorexic to me.
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i should have spent more time in bed , but no up early shower shave suit on ready to leave for Ascot after watching The Morning Line. What a waste of an hour of TV to showcase a great if not the greatest day on the flat in years!!
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I shall be switching over to the rugby pronto...
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Frankel 1/2 with Ladbrokes the most interesting part of the show..... and they haven't actually mentioned what a huge price is it.... where is Simon Holt/Richard Hoiles/Nick Luck/anyone interested in betting rather than just horses to highlight this??!!
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LOL - Lesley "we've got to have a quick look at the Champion Stakes". What a chore that must be for you to earn your money.
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To be fair, they are previewing more races today than they have done in previous weeks.
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Exhilirating stuff isn't it. Good way to make easy money though: lay anything fancied by Francombe!
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Francome haters don't read the charity bets thread imo.
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not Ema.................skirts too long
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Ramruma it would be a lot easier if they stopped talking about themselves and other crap and got on with the races. Francome just gave a charity bet in a race not mentioned and he said "great race the fillies race today". Top preview. We'll now spend time on the Guest Test. Q1 who did you play conkers with in the school playground when you were 10 ? Q2 what is your stable jockey's favourite colour ?
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Q3 whats your favourite flavour of crisps
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Q1 My mate Graham
Q2 Orange What do I win? |
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I remember when this was a must see programme, lately though it has morphed in to something I no longer recognise. Won't be long at this rate that C4 will have to move them to More4 permanently, or do away with it completely.
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Luvley smile
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? wheres it running
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Bara have you been peeking at the questions ? Cheats never prosper. Aside, one minute preview of the Champion Stakes (yes the G1 Champion Stakes) then a 5 minute piece on a novice hurdler trained by Oliver Sherwood that might run some time this year at Exeter. American Football talk from Tanya - no wonder there is no time for quality race discussion.
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Reckon Racing For Change is producing the programme now.
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Talking about NFL now! Are Channel 4 covering that by any chance???
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Time to give Tanya the boot, week in week out she stumbles through her lines, does she not do any practice in the week?
..plus she seems more enthusiastic about the NFL than the racing...surely C4 must realise she just doesnt make the grade, if if Highflyer are somewhat conflicted! |
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*even if
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1st time have watched it for 3 months usually out cycling but thought id go an hour later or so when its warmed up a bit.
Would rather have frozen me bollax off riding a 20% gradient than putting up with that dire load of shyte. |
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Poor. Very poor. How Lesley Graham still has a job is beyond me.
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Got to agree it's turned into the biggest heap of **** of a programme. It should be used in Guantanamo bay.
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No one 'makes the grade' on this pile of crap. Awful advert for racing.
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55 min programme, 10 mins of adverts, so approx 45 mins of coverage....
20 mins Ascot (including talk to Chris Stickles regarding ground and sufficient Qipco series advertising) 10 mins Whip (major issue at the moment, could change the whole industry) 10 mins Cheltenham (including talk to Edward Gillespie regarding ground, not a very good card due to dry Autumn but on C4 so fair enough it needs a bit of coverage) 5 mins bits and bobs (plenty of time to talk to Evan, American football, Sam Thomas etc etc) It surely is that simple!! |
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Even by their very low standards, that was the worst ever, it was pure filth, mind you it could go further downhill, they could have Bruce Millington as a presenter
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well said facts.
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first time in about 12 months i have watched the morning line what utter crap
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Francombe looks more and more as though he has just been dug up.
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'lesley is morphing more and more into a komodo dragon every time I see her'
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And horse racing is forever wondering why it can't attract new customers. Andrew Franklin should have stepped down years ago, how much longer can this utter dross be tolerated?
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Looks like they are all just going through the motions. NEEDS A TOTAL REVAMP AND TO GO BACK TO BASICS.
Do away with the guest test (that is only their to inflate the ego's of those partaking----- true racing fans dont give a ****) Do away with the 10min phonecall, 2 mins will suffice. Be the bigger man so to speak, and concentrate on the very best racing on the day whether that is on another channel or not, its the betting public that matter. New presenters needed urgently. These lot look like they need euthanizing. Bring in some new and enthusiastic people, Tanya being a prime example of all thats wrong with the show. Be controversial and discuss topics that matter, disagree with the bha if needed and make a stand..... these muppets have more of an opinion on how long to boil an egg. |
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denathorn - worryingly I find myself agreeing with you once again. Very harsh on Tanya though, she is a very good judge and well worth her place imo...
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Tanya has about as much charisma as a fish on a fishmongers slab and still cant string a sentence together.
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