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So the new set up on Saturdays is that Steve Mellish does the preview, waits out the back during the racing and comes back to review the racing afterwards.
Meantime Nevison pops into the studio to talk about the markets for about five minutes flat, over a few hours racing, alongside a 'form' pundit, today Martin Dwyer.
What on earth is that about. On Saturdays there's very little time to discuss the goings on between races anyway, plus the Irish stuff. So now we have one or two pundits at each track, a studio presenter and two studio pundits.
All profits returned to racing
Meantime Nevison pops into the studio to talk about the markets for about five minutes flat, over a few hours racing, alongside a 'form' pundit, today Martin Dwyer.
What on earth is that about. On Saturdays there's very little time to discuss the goings on between races anyway, plus the Irish stuff. So now we have one or two pundits at each track, a studio presenter and two studio pundits.
All profits returned to racing
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They all need a slice of the pie. Seriously, none of them are even worth listening to. Even worse if the tiresome Captain is hovering around as well. We are never told exactly how much goes to racing, it's just a banner headline.
In my view some of them are worth listening to. But not Nevison, he must know where the bodies are buried. He almost relishes in the fact that he just turns up at the studio every week, getting paid to watch racing.
This new set up is bizarre. Mellish can talk about market movements. Nevison used to achieve very little when he was also doing the previews, apart from forgetting his own tips and to switch his mic on.
This new set up is bizarre. Mellish can talk about market movements. Nevison used to achieve very little when he was also doing the previews, apart from forgetting his own tips and to switch his mic on.
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How on earth would we have coped with the rest of Kempton, without three new people for the day in the studio 
credit where it's due, that drone shot from the stalls opening is a big step forward.
We can watch the stall handlers taking forever to load them in from high above now. 
Great to see that racing tv are helping the government out with the spiking unemployent rate. Just the six people (pundits/presenters) covering a mundane night on the sand in Kempton
Half of them will be flying off to Dubai shortly to cover the racing that none of their fee payers give a flying fook about and that won't be cheap.
Really?
Can't see it but thats barmy
Trying to work out who the richard on track is. I like her voice. Nice n posh
Can't see it but thats barmy
Trying to work out who the richard on track is. I like her voice. Nice n posh
She'd actually be capable enough of presenting or roving reporter type of thing (not Kempton Wed night, obs!). Early days for her being employed by the channel, but doesn't seem to be cut out to be a form pundit/ race reader/ betting expert.
Jacob would make your ears bleed - lovely ride, lovely horse, lovely jockey, beautiful ears on the horse, amazing trainer, wonderful race .... repeat 
Half of them will be off to Meydan shortly covering racing that their fee payers couldn't care less about and that won't be cheap, but not to worry, once all that has been paid for the remaining £2.50 will be ploughed back into racing.
Funny Wicklow, Jacob was asked by Luck to elaborate on why Bowen's ride on Way Out was so good (as Jacob made it number one ride of the week). He'd had a few days to come up with a response. Ruby Walsh was asked the same, on the spot, live on itv. The direct comparison doesn't do Jacob any favours!
Dont think they pay for Maydan. Although the presenters get a chunk from the towelheads for every broadcast, hence them all scurrying over there whenever possible
Quite who that programme is for I do not know. It is beamed out every meeting(not on RTV) but nor is it shown on any TV channel I know of
Quite who that programme is for I do not know. It is beamed out every meeting(not on RTV) but nor is it shown on any TV channel I know of
Wicklow, he is there because of his unsurpassed knowledge of AW racing. I assume. And also to make "****" look good.
Would have been nice to have seen Jacob come up with something slightly interesting after Luck (before the live at Exeter), asked him to come up with his three fav rides of the meeting. He simply picked the obvious three winners, including Powell in the Greatwood. On a horse with a stone in hand, lol.
Blimey, you can't even mention the name of my favourite horse!
Jacob was a slightly above average Jockey who landed a good job.
BTW,most ex jockeys would send you skint even if they were telling the truth
BTW,most ex jockeys would send you skint even if they were telling the truth
Ant & Dec of the racing world, now we have two presenters for the price of two.
RTV starting the new year as they mean to go on 
Four in the studio and three in Sandown
Four in the studio and three in Sandown
referring to the race IQ jumping index at every possible opportunity...utterly tedious viewing imo
I used to enjoy listening to RTV between and during races - now its full on mute. Whats up with the lad in studio giving all this data - the sad thing is that he actually belives the data is going to help him pick find the winner
same as you wicklow bar a small number of exceptions its insufferable tosh nowadays muting essential
I wouldn’t subscribe with a billion in the account tbh……
Stanley thinks the Mullins horses are running well.....lol...Nevison put him right....The youngsters in particular are bombing out more than they are winning and its been happening for months.
Mellish is worth listening to in my opinion. In their wisdom he is banished to the canteen for the important bit, and comes back into the studio talk about it when it's all over. That was the genesis of this thread, and production haven't worked out yet that this a bizarre and futile approach.
its become too bookie affiliated & mellish doesn't fit the brief
x was 7/2 earlier...impossible to get on etc...now its 2/1 the right price recommend no bet
they don't want that they want people taking the 2/1
x was 7/2 earlier...impossible to get on etc...now its 2/1 the right price recommend no bet
they don't want that they want people taking the 2/1
The Sandown male pundits said after the Veterans Final the winner was younger than most of them..well younger than one of the other actually.lol!!
Think gruel for Kempton, just the five chaps for tonight (so far) :(
prob 5+ years ago now but kempton weds night there was normally decent discussion in between races on RTV
usually just host + a pundit mellish, the shoe etc
often a theme to discussion eg frankel vs other all time greats was 1, weight for age another, best 2yos in focus 1 week, next week might be novice hurdlers, reminiscing of past renewals of a race coming up etc
...was a watchable show
this bs they're serving up with now is beyond words imo
usually just host + a pundit mellish, the shoe etc
often a theme to discussion eg frankel vs other all time greats was 1, weight for age another, best 2yos in focus 1 week, next week might be novice hurdlers, reminiscing of past renewals of a race coming up etc
...was a watchable show
this bs they're serving up with now is beyond words imo
seems to be some sort of bromance going on as well with these 2
interspersed with pearls of wisdom from the race iq gooseberry
this needs canning asap
interspersed with pearls of wisdom from the race iq gooseberry
this needs canning asap
totally wonder - I dont know who they are trying to appeal too, as I'd guess the vast majority of their subscribers will share the same views and will these 3 stooges on mute or just flick over when it gets a few minutes to race time.
gruel is thin
why has bellend returned to the channel? no need for him at all
does anyone take note of all these stats they put out all the time?
why has bellend returned to the channel? no need for him at all
does anyone take note of all these stats they put out all the time?
I suspect it's this AI bot they recently installed on the forum, continually rewrites words in my posts Only happens on this forum. Thin, not think
Only happens on this forum. Thin, not think
thats not it. i wouldnt have put up a typo
gruel is thin
gruel is thin
My posts ha. Though I write for a living (I disguise it well!), I manage to type via all other software that I use, without random words and letters appearing in my content :)
In regard to Bell, and this 'Stand & Ollie' show, there appears to be a correlation with the 'the paddock' podcast that's a collaboration with 'Joe'.
Suffice to say, it's not a positive development, at least in my view.
Suffice to say, it's not a positive development, at least in my view.
wondersobright 07 Jan 26 18:17
prob 5+ years ago now but kempton weds night there was normally decent discussion in between races on RTV
usually just host + a pundit mellish, the shoe etc
The 'captain' and Willo accepting e-mails on just about any subject (within reason and permitted before the watershed).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxTT7XXMPA&list=RDJnxTT7XXMPA&start_radio=1
prob 5+ years ago now but kempton weds night there was normally decent discussion in between races on RTV
usually just host + a pundit mellish, the shoe etc
The 'captain' and Willo accepting e-mails on just about any subject (within reason and permitted before the watershed).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxTT7XXMPA&list=RDJnxTT7XXMPA&start_radio=1
youve done it again
i guess you meant stan and ollie. who is joe?
i guess you meant stan and ollie. who is joe?
Jan 7, 2026 -- 6:17PM, wondersobright wrote:
prob 5+ years ago now but kempton weds night there was normally decent discussion in between races on RTVusually just host + a pundit mellish, the shoe etcoften a theme to discussion eg frankel vs other all time greats was 1, weight for age another, best 2yos in focus 1 week, next week might be novice hurdlers, reminiscing of past renewals of a race coming up etc...was a watchable showthis bs they're serving up with now is beyond words imo
much better tonight
Angus slumming it as a pundit today then. Unlucky for him, he's on with Martin Dixon 
How many losing favs today will McNae pin on 'pulled too hard'. A market should be opened imop..
Amazing stuff, the jump index measures how fast they go between point A & point B with the fence in between. The Kitzbuhel jump index in the KS improved when the pace of the race picked up. No shiit shylock :)
Weird ride from Sheehan.
Horse pulled at the very start, but why would you hold up the top weight that far out of its ground?
The way the horse jumped, you'd never guess it had already run in 3 hurdle races.
Horse pulled at the very start, but why would you hold up the top weight that far out of its ground?
The way the horse jumped, you'd never guess it had already run in 3 hurdle races.
More insight from 'the data' to tell us Mambonumberfive didn't jump very well today 
Oh dear, Oli going on about how racing shouldn't be relying on heritage
Of course this is the agenda of the 'paddock', as I suspected.
2026 is different
yes, it is Oli. yes it is.
the high street is different to what it looks like on a racecourse. one wonders why that is.
maybe you need quotas for racecourse attendance, the countryside is too white, according to the government.
Of course this is the agenda of the 'paddock', as I suspected.
2026 is different
yes, it is Oli. yes it is.
the high street is different to what it looks like on a racecourse. one wonders why that is.
maybe you need quotas for racecourse attendance, the countryside is too white, according to the government.
Tremendous stats again! The horse that was running faster than the second was jumping better. It could be that it was just running faster than the runner up. Go West lost a lot of time to jump the fence that he landed in 
Main channel appears to be completely ignoring Meydan today. How will we cope?
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