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03 Jun 23
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Losing its appeal fast, for golf and cricket you can blame lack of terrestrial TV but it is so unbelievably c rap at covering racing it's dying a death, sadly.
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I agree 100% very good point….I used to have membership for every Scottish course….no desire now..
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If it goes the same way as cricket quarter horse racing will be dominating within 10 years.
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And 30 years ago today the "ball of the century"
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/04/shane-warne-cricket-mike-gatting-ashes-england-australia |
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Thirty years on, Shane Warne’s ball of the century echoes far beyond cricket
Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of Mike Gatting’s Ashes dismissal, a sporting moment quoted in songs, poems and Hansard Andy Bull Andy Bull Sun 4 Jun 2023 08.00 BST You know the ball, maybe not the date, the score or the state of the game, but if you’re reading this then you surely know the ball. Its flight, how it curved and dipped, hit the pitch and twisted back past the bat, and the equal and opposite reactions that followed. The way poor Mike Gatting stared dumbfounded at the ground, as if, yoink, someone had just pinched his lunch from under him, how Ian Healy leaped into the air, both hands above his head, while at the other end Dickie Bird tried to hide his surprise, as if he’d seen a ghost but didn’t want to let on for worry people would say he was crazy. And Shane Warne, well he just clenched his fist. Warne was as good a salesman as he was a spinner, he knew it was always best to underplay the delivery. “All I tried to do,” he said, “was pitch on leg stump and spin it a fair way.” He didn’t need to say much more. Everyone else did the talking for him. |
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Like it or not, it could well be that ITV Racing is the thing that is propping up a sinking ship. If that coverage was lost the average bod in the street isn't going to be in any rush to subscribe to Racing TV.
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obviously going OTT but as most betting shops are empty in an afternoon,nick bradley just said on lucky that millions watched charlotte jones mistake at cartmel
really MILLIONS,how many people were watching on a subscription channel in a run of the mill race,alot less than bradley and co think, obviously |