has cooper upset a few jocks??

I agree - it is starting to feel personal isn't it? Has he had a go at jockeys recently?

He`s harmless.

he deserves better harmless old bloke

what happened?

They watched Moore taking the piss out of him and think they can abuse him...Nasty horrid little men. Bobs a nice chap often chatted to him, I've seen the Jockeys throwing food at him. The free food in the changing rooms that is not any food that they have paid for.

He's a buffoon. How the hell did he get set on?

Bob should stuff it - the food - down their scrawny little throats, the little twats

bang out of order from the short assed coonts  he may not be everyones cup of tea but who is perfect !,sir bob seems a decent chap , shamefull stuff from the stunts !

He's a gentle old duffer - jockeys should show more respect.

Met Bob a couple of times, very sociable, seems a good egg !  ?....

If he actually asked a proper question I might have more sympathy for him.

and once he had asked it - shut up and listen to the answer without interrupting!

I used to think it was all just an act with him, never seeing a bad ride, forgetting midway through a question what he was gonna ask etc. It seems it's not.

They make excuses for Ryan Moore and say that he is joking etc etc - but he and a few others (Spencer etc) are really just rude.

Ryan is never rude when Rishi interviews him - they seem to get on well...

Unfortunately, listened to Cooper loads of times and never heard him properly criticise anybody. His questions are about as far away from incisive as you can get. So can someone please confirm what he has said?

He called differentdrums accosiation with reality tenuous at best

The racing pundits are the same as football pundits
They wont ask any questions that may possibly unseat them
from the gravy train.
This in no way excuses Moores contempt for Mr Cooper,
who unlike some jockeys, was TRYING to do the job he is paid for

Advice for Bob.....just don't bother to interview Moore/Sanders/Spencer and Co. Just make sure your producers don't give them the time of day when they are injured or retired to earn any fees from ATR.
Ok so Bob is not everyones cup of tea, but it costs nothing to be polite in my book.
Anyway when their careers are over I can find them some work in the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs panto!....on second thoughts no.....as you need some sort of personality for that.

pandora as you live in fantasy land I don't disbelieve you.save a part for Grimmy as buttons

tbf - Moores second interview was more forthcoming. His first was curt and unhelpful. didn't see any others

Just saw Seb and the trainer been interviewed by him today absolute rude as f**k no need for that and somebody needs to say it to them..to$$er$

If this is how the jockeys generally act why not offer some proper criticism of them on ATR - that should at least offer some interesting TV when Weaver, Lukie boy & Fitzy tryly to interview them - the jocks are surly little tw*** & have got away with a general absence of direct observations about specific rides for far too long - lets see how they feel when poor rides are dissected in front of  a TV audience when the viewer is allowed to represent their views - I suspect there will swiftly be a change of attitude

Im more yaw widow twanky

wrong thread TGODB

More benny off crossroads

Oi i aint skinto.

Given the lengths most presenters go to to defend jockeys, it's a mystery why any jockeys feel the need to be rude towards them. Completely unnecessary, but probably stems from them having the impression (mostly correct) that they're untouchable.

I don't think much of Robert Cooper as a critical eye on the game, but he's a pleasant enough guy, and he does take the time to reply to emails, etc.

If the jocks refuse to be interviewed who cares - they say nothing which assists the punter anyway

Moore should be ashamed of himself.

Outfit was a bit dodgy and ewed struggle to pull with a saddle over your arm unless it was hers these days

Bobs harmless , jocks acting like big children and look like them aswell , the rude shower of c

total lack of respect the snivelling ...........

who the f do they think they are , most of them are riding donkeys trained by the challenged

goodnight racing world

Exactly .about time someone put the bite on these ***** and let them know who's boss . oh sorry I lost myself for a minute

And thought they owned,trained and rode for you.forum is full of fantacists

I missed the ffos las interview today but, suffice to say, some won't play the foil to the lovable eccentric too willingly.

And that is the only role that is offered.

Personally would have fought a straight ~you've never rode the course before,how did you find it?~would have had more credibility

*thought

All in all in the greater merits of things

And then ~and winner~

^ Have a go at Bobs job chavvers... I'm sure your homophobia will draw the best from the vertically challenged !   

Moore is doing his best to live up to his reputation of being Lester/like, A man of few words.

A few boos in the right place would bring these overrated jockeys to earth, lets hope we dont have to wait too long.

McCoy is no barrell of laughs either, often has a face on him when been interviewed like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

Don't bother to interview them IMO ... nothing interesting to say except to spout the same predictable tired old cliches.


Racing people in general are VERY insular and loathe to talk to the general public,let alone listen.

In fairness to jockeys they're probably tired of having to answer the same routine questions after a win,and they're not in a position to say anything other than the usual platitudes to horse/owner/trainer.
A jockey is hardly likely to say 'Well,to be perfectly honest with you,we were dead lucky today.
The only speed in the race dwelt and the fav. was blocked for a run,whereas a gap opened up for mine at just the right moment.
The horse is a piece of **** but the rest of the runners weren't much better and we got the weight down 2 stone over the last 10 races,where we didn't try with him.
Even then he's only just scraped home and I'd have no faith in him in the future. Someone else can ride him'

People like Moore simply let the sport down. As has been said before on this thread "who do they think they are"

roggrain has a point. There seems to be a clamour to speak to every jockey and every trainer before and after every race, presumably because the producers think this is what we want.

When there is weighing in to be done, instructions to be given and debriefs to complete, it probably does become a little tiresome.

Personally I would like to see more replays of the race, perhaps from different angles. Sometimes (on C4 particularly) we have to wait an eternity before seeing the race again. Most people want to see where their money went imo rather than hearing the jockey describe how "he/she did it well".

tommo,whats it like to win the derby,lester ,foock off.

I Don't see the point of replays as you can access those to your hearts content within hours if not minutes of the race.
I certainly don't want Willougby being wise after the event and useless before it and the fact is, all these guys owe the punter a lot.
Moore started this and while he is a top class jockey you would not put great in his description yet.
Far better they all accepted where their bread and butter comes from and were advised that they do the game no good.