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I see that a certain 17 year old Toby Moore has his first ride this Friday. I just have horrible visions of a repeat of some embarrassing interviews with the likes of Chapman. Let's hope the young Moore has all the abilities of his father's racing acumen but none of his interviewee technique, or lack thereof in the case of his father!
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Too much trouble to wait and see?
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Give the boy a chance. He's just starting out. He cannot be held responsible for who his dad is; Ryan Moore should always be regarded as a jockey - nothing more. Horseracing is only a game, and should be regarded as such.
I hope Toby Moore rides many winners in his career. I also hope he stays injury free. Good luck young man! |
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Does the OP find Ryan embarrassing or Chapman? I know the world has changed as increasing wall to wall TV has meant that owners, trainers and jockeys are more or less forced to walk past a microphone to get to the weighing room or out of the paddock (and they have not won the race until they weigh in! If I was in charge, no jockey would be interviewed unless they have weighed in and reported to the winning owner and trainer if they are present. And even then only if they volunteer to be spoken to. Many young jockeys are media trained and pleased with some exposure but if you are winning once or twice on most days it must become really annoying.
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Like Father like son.
I HOPE SO! Just because his father would rather speak to his trainers and owners rather than answer the same old questions he has been asked a thousand times such as 'how did that feel to ride that winner' or 'Did you think your horse is a future classic horse' His father is in most people's estimation currently as the best jockey in the world. So his teenage son will be getting far more attention than any other young jockey starting out. No doubt many armchair jockeys waiting on their laptops ready to start typing he was not trying or should have done this or done that! I wish him all the best if he could achieve half the winners his father has ridden he would have done very well |
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@impossible123 - fair point. Of course I absolutely wish him the very best as well.
@sageform - if I'm honest my gripe is really at Chapman and not Ryan. I just found those interviews so embarrassing that it came to a point where it became so cringe that I quickly changed channels as soon as I could see an interview post race looming. You're right of course, perhaps it was a bit unfair of me to tar his offspring with the same brush, but at least it started a conversation here and I'm interested to read others' POV. Really, a lot of the blame has to lie with the TV companies 'forcing' the likes of Chapman to ask banal questions to an unwilling jockey! I think the more the interview goes 'wrong' the more Chapman gets stressed out resulting in the questions getting more ridiculous as the 'interview' progresses. I think the message might be getting through as after a Moore win, Chapman is nowhere to be seen these days! @kennethturrell - maybe Toby Moore will turn out to be more like Oisin Murphy or Billy Loughnane when Chapman does the interviews - I really hope so. But perhaps no interview at all would be better than a badly conducted interview where we become none the wiser at the end of it. |
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It is the TV companies and the sport organisers who seem to force competitors to speak to camera. I always feel really sorry for athletes in the "mixed zone" at major events who have to walk past multiple channel interviewers even if they have finished last! Wimbledon have also made it a condition of playing that the winner of every match is interviewed. In football it is the managers who have to run the press inquisition gauntlet on Friday before a Premier League match. Does anyone ever watch any of this stuff? If I can find a channel with no talking heads (just a voice over) then that is the one I watch. BBC are the worst culprits followed by Sky Sports.
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There will be none of that Jibereen nonsense with Stevie D on the odds on poke
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I agree Sageform, particularly with Ricky poor sod
Same questions every time, can you talk me that, how Does it feel etc etc, no idea who thinks it’s a good idea To give him at mic, yet he gets every gig, he’s absolutely Cringing at Wimbledon too. He’s dire, but ticks all the box’s I suppose |
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He certainly ticks the most important one,poncho
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Toby Moore rode well. He finished 2nd; broke well and tracked the winner Tarot. The winner was different gravy. Next time perhaps. A very promising effort from the young man. More to come, I'm sure.
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Here here, hé looks very tidy, didn’t get tired either, chip off ….
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Hear, hear.
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Mother and Father were there to see him as was Uncle Jamie and Auntie Hayley plus some cousins
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