New Posts For Thread: Unbelievable -even by RTE's standardshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standardsI watched incredulously the sports section attached to the 9.00 p.m. news.Not a mention of Irish racing's marvellously successful day at Newmarket -with Irish trainers landing first and second in one Gr.1 ... first and third in another...with a Gr.2Aidan O'Brien wins G1's most weekend's during the summer, what makes this one so much better, winning two Group ones and collecting €1/2 million is pocket change to Coolmore in the grand scheme of things. If SYT had won the Arc last week it would hhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509822453#509822453Aidan O'Brien wins G1's most weekend's during the summer, what makes this one so much better, winning two Group ones and collecting €1/2 million is pocket change to Coolmore in the grand scheme of things. If SYT had won the Arc last week it would hMon, 10 Oct 2011 12:40:17 -0500mincer11 -you may have missed the interesting detail that Jim Bolger -one of your arbitrary set of 'nice people' -had one of the Gr.1 winners on Saturday -the bigger of the two The Dewhurst Stakes worth about E210.000 to the winner -a long-standing 2https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509821975#509821975mincer11 -you may have missed the interesting detail that Jim Bolger -one of your arbitrary set of 'nice people' -had one of the Gr.1 winners on Saturday -the bigger of the two The Dewhurst Stakes worth about E210.000 to the winner -a long-standing 2Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:28:50 -0500mincer11 -you may have missed the interesting detail that Jim Bolger -one of your arbitrary set of 'nice people' -had one of the Gr.1 winners on Saturday -the bigger of the two The Dewhurst Stakes worth about E210.000 to the winner -a long-standing 2https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509821963#509821963mincer11 -you may have missed the interesting detail that Jim Bolger -one of your arbitrary set of 'nice people' -had one of the Gr.1 winners on Saturday -the bigger of the two The Dewhurst Stakes worth about E210.000 to the winner -a long-standing 2Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:28:25 -0500RTE gives more than its share of coverage to the racing that appeals to the masses,namely National Hunt.When the Cheltenham festival is approaching they do very interesting previews and interviews with trainers ,often small ones and they give insighthttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509819507#509819507RTE gives more than its share of coverage to the racing that appeals to the masses,namely National Hunt.When the Cheltenham festival is approaching they do very interesting previews and interviews with trainers ,often small ones and they give insightMon, 10 Oct 2011 11:16:57 -0500Vubiant Rugby is king at RTE nothing can stand in the way of their precious rugby, Fred Cogley a rugby nut was head of RTE sport for donkeys years, the current head Ryle Nugent was RTE's former rugby executive editor, racing never stood a chance on shttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509816651#509816651Vubiant Rugby is king at RTE nothing can stand in the way of their precious rugby, Fred Cogley a rugby nut was head of RTE sport for donkeys years, the current head Ryle Nugent was RTE's former rugby executive editor, racing never stood a chance on sMon, 10 Oct 2011 10:07:20 -0500I cant agree with the posters who say racing is a minority sport,ye are judging it on attendances alone but in my expierience nearly everybody has an interest in horses,especially in rural areas.Vubiant i agree entirely with your sentiments and the Nhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509815605#509815605I cant agree with the posters who say racing is a minority sport,ye are judging it on attendances alone but in my expierience nearly everybody has an interest in horses,especially in rural areas.Vubiant i agree entirely with your sentiments and the NMon, 10 Oct 2011 09:38:47 -0500Yeah -typical isn't it ...a defeat gets the lion's share of the headlines while a high quality winning performance is ignored. Incidentally squig's reference above to 'winning a few races at Newmarket' is surely unjustifiably dismissive .Winning twohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509815409#509815409Yeah -typical isn't it ...a defeat gets the lion's share of the headlines while a high quality winning performance is ignored. Incidentally squig's reference above to 'winning a few races at Newmarket' is surely unjustifiably dismissive .Winning twoMon, 10 Oct 2011 09:32:00 -0500If you go by head of population when compared with Britain Aiden O'Brien would qualify as a minor celibrity on our tiny Island, in Britain outside of racing circles Henry Cecil would be a virtual nobody, Henry who?.I think RTE are pretty decent at gihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509815071#509815071If you go by head of population when compared with Britain Aiden O'Brien would qualify as a minor celibrity on our tiny Island, in Britain outside of racing circles Henry Cecil would be a virtual nobody, Henry who?.I think RTE are pretty decent at giMon, 10 Oct 2011 09:21:20 -0500I think a few people are missing the essential points here. RTE is a PUBLICLY FUNDED NATIONAL BROADCASTER. Its various sections have a DUTY to report on significanthappenings in their areas . Popularity has nothing to do with it e;g; an achievementhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509813507#509813507I think a few people are missing the essential points here. RTE is a PUBLICLY FUNDED NATIONAL BROADCASTER. Its various sections have a DUTY to report on significanthappenings in their areas . Popularity has nothing to do with it e;g; an achievementMon, 10 Oct 2011 08:38:27 -0500rte represents all that is rotten on this little Island.Anyone paying a TV Licence would want to be asking themselves some serious questions..!https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/28496011/unbelievable--even-by-rtes-standards?post_id=509804323#509804323rte represents all that is rotten on this little Island.Anyone paying a TV Licence would want to be asking themselves some serious questions..!Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:20:50 -0500