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15 Aug 23
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1. Anything suggesting that the Johnston horses are in some way harder to pass than other trainer’s horses. It’s no longer true.
2. ‘One out one back’ ….this means a horse that is either 2nd or maybe 3rd in running - wouldn’t it be easier to just say that.
3. A jockey or a trainer who having had a winner are ‘chasing a double’…how is this in any way worthy of repeated comment?
4. ‘Ticks all the boxes’ … used when when we have run out of things to say. Well find more things to say - that’s why they pay you.
5. ‘Oh wow’…you know who you are! What does this mean, when seemingly nothing dramatic has just happened? It’s patronising!
2. ‘One out one back’ ….this means a horse that is either 2nd or maybe 3rd in running - wouldn’t it be easier to just say that.
3. A jockey or a trainer who having had a winner are ‘chasing a double’…how is this in any way worthy of repeated comment?
4. ‘Ticks all the boxes’ … used when when we have run out of things to say. Well find more things to say - that’s why they pay you.
5. ‘Oh wow’…you know who you are! What does this mean, when seemingly nothing dramatic has just happened? It’s patronising!
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not comms but pundits i,d like to see
seen to best effect/not seen to best effect dropped,if only to see the back ofgeorge baker |
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Pundits 'gets the job done'.. 'got into a good rhythm '. Mapletoft in particular uses these two phrases for practically every winner.
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"Here comes Frankie"
"Here comes the Fav" "That's one for the Judge" "Settle down to battle it out" |
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properly the most useless info of all time in a tight finish
this could go either way  |
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Don't know who says it but "and then came" instead of "and then comes" is just wrong.
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Slightly surprised anyone has the audio turned on when watching races on LV to be honest - if it was just the sound of the horses and the crowd I might, but I can pick out colours and saddlecloth numbers all by myself most days :)
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"In the gate"
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Lol I was thinking about “one out one back” the other day.
So what’s the one directly behind? one out two back? It’s a horse race not fecking Board game. I noticed this one in Hong Kong last season and I’m hoping it doesn’t catch on here… Chasing the Breeze. Apparently this is the opposite of scraping paint. |
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'All get over that one well/jump that one well' - usually said by jumps commentators after at least two have stumbled or crashed through a fence...
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"gone past the line together" No they didn't as we can clearly see whch horse has won.
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Lol
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Commentators that go on about which horse(s) will “go forward” infuriates me.
In all my years of watching horse racing I’ve yet to see a racehorse run backwards. They all go forward. Seems to me to be just a fashionable way of saying who’s making, or intending to make, the running. |
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Yes aladdin and when they say "he likes to go forward" as if it were a personal choice.
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Very good Sparrow!
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Jumped from fence to fence ffs.
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The starter caught them in a line.
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booommmm
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One would like them to fetch back 'Making rapid late headway'
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'x is being pulled up, maybe something amiss...' some rancid jock is making sure of it...
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"over the top" instead of coming on the outside.
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''gets up under a perfectly timed , brilliant ride''
= jockey gets lucky as they stop in front |
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That commentator who screams "tight" and "desperate" every time its a close finish.
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"Step slow away"
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Studio pundit: " XYZ should be there or thereabouts." Meaningless nonsense.
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Colm O'Rant 15 Aug 23 20:46
Don't know who says it but "and then came" instead of "and then comes" is just wrong. ------------------- That has always infuriated me - as it is so Grammatically Incorrect. It is yet another Horse Racing phraseology that has come from AUSTRALIA - Where ALL the Commentators say that. As we know - Australians are all 'Back to Front' ... or 'Upside Down' - Take your pick. |
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the fav looks well ........
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the fav looks well ........
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'front end' seems to be very popular atm. I hate it, don't understand what's wrong with 'in front, or leading'
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"Setting the fractions."
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And they're off, and it's a good even break, let's see who's gonna take them along, xyz is near the back ridden by the guy who rode Frankel, and the favourite's in trouble here, but now he's coming with a good looking run, let's see what happens, this is gonna be close, wow!! that's one for the judge, slurp, ......
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"He hasn't come in his coat yet"
Thank goodness, I always think to myself. |
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"followed closely by the likes of.."
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Shouty man early in a race 'by 3/4 maybe 1 length'
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"In the gate" is also my pet hate. This is Britain not the land of lasix.
Closely followed by "and there can only be about ten lengths from front to back", as if that is some consolation to the punter of a backmarker.. |
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"Let's see what happens".
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I know I'm old fashioned but it grates with me when pundits etc use adverbs incorrectly . Or incorrect as they would say.
The horse did not finish strong, or win comfortable, or start slow, or drop back quick. All adverbs end in - LY. ( okay , so QI WILL find a few that don't but thousands do ! ), Speak English ! |
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"He's got to pass them all to win"
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" The runners are migrating over to the stands side" - a bit of a smart arse term used for the first time around 20 years or so ago. Think it was either Hoiles or Machin who started using it in their commentaries.
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