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Persad's most stupid question ever
Persad's most stupid question ever
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Here here millhouse, Powell was a perfect example of how to interview post race.
How far wrong have we gone in racing, everything blinged up these days  |
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Powell was a journalist, Motley, and so immediately knew what questions to ask.
What are Persad's professional credentials/experience for actually having this vitally important role, imo...? |
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Priceless Ritchie
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so true motley - long for the days of J.Powell, Julian Wilson, Peter O'Sullevan, Jimmy Lindley… quality coverage back then. Not this dumbed down sh*t they flog to the masses based around musical montages, OTT hype they ram down viewers' throats, building up emotion in the audience to the max through musical montages etc.
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not sure i agree about the quality coverage back then?
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You were doing well there ,johnnyrant.....then you mentioned Jimmy Lindley.
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To be fair, Persad is a farily good "chairman"-type presenter, drawing information from the expert pundits. I think he is better than Clare or Nick Luck in that role. He is just appalling at interviewing the public. Whether the question to Bolger was as bad as some make out, or was the right question badly-phrased ("back to a mile, then, for the SJP or Sussex Stakes?" -- which says Bolger was right all along rather than the mile-and-a-half question as asked which implied Bolger had been a bit of a mug).
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Jim Bolger really showed his class when asked that question. He really must have been at a low ebb given what had happened and must have felt like telling him to do one but no simply replied "no its very unlikely". A top man.
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Nothing wrong with Lindley - the bloke was class compared to the clowns we have to endure these days like Persad.
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Bolger's not that classy - he put punters away regarding Teofilo's participation in the Guineas, & then said New Approach would not be running in the Derby only to re-instate him at the last minute, helping his mates get on at 209-1 on here.
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DA was never a Derby horse in JB`s mind before the 2000, we always knock these connections for not risking defeat with these top class animals. Hats off to him and owners.
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royal ascot, g goodwood in the days of julien Wilson was top class, graham rock, sir peter, lindley, powell, and eve pollard
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honestly I put up an ealier thread, I listened most of the derby day on 5 live with Cornelius it was excellent
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jimmy lindley much better than mick fitz,for instance.mind you,even lord oaksey better than fitz.
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@elisjohn -- royal ascot, g goodwood in the days of julien Wilson was top class, graham rock, sir peter, lindley, powell, and eve pollard
Rose-tinted? Jimmy Lindley thought every single runner looked marvelous. Eve Pollard was far worse than Sherwood on the fashion -- she just told you what you could already see -- that's a red dress; that's a blue dress; thanks, Eve. Julian Wilson shared only a fraction of what he knew with the viewer, and was hardly a natural in front of the camera. |
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Jimminy Cricket would be better than Mick Fitz.
 "And thar ye go, come here, there's more" |
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ram, we saw horses in the parade ring, going down, at the start, no silly camera angles, no silly puns, hardly ever stupid questions, plenty of betting shows, full caption of result with sp, no silly gimmicks, no adverts, rose tinted , don't think so
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I listened to radio 5 too, tv on mute. Much more enjoyable.
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oyarl ascot, g goodwood in the days of julien Wilson was top class, graham rock, sir peter, lindley, powell, and eve pollar
Excellent post elise, those were the days, you would put up with lindley, but he was still streets ahead of diatribe we have to endure today. Maybe it's just the way the new generation see it |
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fitz to hughes , do you want to win more classics
persad to bolger, are you going mile and a half again, what made him not settle fits asking mgrath does barron still train sprinters |
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no way did he say that no way
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5Live must have been ruined by Tommo, no?
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@elisjohn -- agreed that in the old days they did not share the current paranoia about actually showing the horses. That probably owes more to the producers than the presenters though.
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You also had to factor in, that we were starved of racing coverage back then, so
when the beeb was on, the shoulder races came and gone in a flash. But in was done with a touch of class in those days, a touch of reserve, and understatement. Now it's saturation coverage, with hoards of decidedly moderate, inexperienced and dull human beings, such as the subject in question. |
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He did not say that surely
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they should tie him to a bucking bronco
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Rishi's not that great and has asked some daft questions before (including asking Carl Llewellyn could his horse have got back into a race after he had fallen and the leaders kicked on) but apart from none of us knowing if he's prompted through his earpiece to ask specific questions, not everything asked is expressing a personal view and also they know the answers to some questions already and are just feeding the interviewee the chance to confirm it and have it on record.
For what it's worth I doubt connections of Dawn Approach will ever try 12f again unless he has an entry for and wins the Eclipse and they fancy another go but it's too inconclusive to say he didn't stay 12f on today's type of run, as no horse would have done see even if already a 12f winner had it pulled for as hard and as long as Dawn Approach did today. Even non-stayers don't finish tailed off stone last unless the jockey stops the horse to a walk when its chance has gone. |
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I have stopped watching channel 4.
Persad and Plunkett -gormless Balding and Luck- up their own backsides Spencer and Tanya - Plain useless Fitzgerald - all of the above Cunningham - seems to be of the opinion he can use loads of words and waffle with the odd "witty" comment Only Jimbo, Hoiles and Holt any good with decent insight. Christ, a jockey gets banned for 10 years and they barely mention it. Seem to think everything is rosy in racings garden |