trackside pre race coverage

[the galah]

Is it not time that trackside changed the way they do their pre race coverage.

Personally i much prefer the way the gallops do the pre race,over the way harness do theirs.

I would much rather have the trackside people,all of whom are very knowledgable and polite,go through the field naming each horse and driver and having either or,or both presenters making short and succint 2 to 4 sentence comments about each runner(depending on time allowable given field size).

And trackside should be able to show the runners as they do so.

Each presenter/commentator should after that be able to quickly sum up their selections about 60-90 seconds before race start.Thats when the australian punters would be using that as a guide.

There has to be a better way to acknowledge the contribution each runner and connections make,than currently occurs.

Currently all we get are presenters/commentators going over their selections with unncessary long trackside shots of a favorite doing half a round warm up.

and often the presenters and commentators are selecting the same horses so we get a doubling of the same content.

All trackside presenters/commentators know how to say something in a way that is imformative and realistic without offending anyone about all runners.

For first starters the likes of what craig rail says about breeding could be appropriate as well as trial form.

to me our current trackside coverage dumbs down punters,doesn't recognise each runner and their connections contribution to each race and fails to punters a view of each horse that i believe is imprtant to see hoe the horse has presented and is acting pre race. 

Edited October 7 by the galah

[Nowornever]

35 minutes ago, the galah said:

Is it not time that trackside changed the way they do their pre race coverage.

Personally i much prefer the way the gallops do the pre race,over the way harness do theirs.

I would much rather have the trackside people,all of whom are very knowledgable and polite,go through the field naming each horse and driver and having either or,or both presenters making short and succint 2 to 4 sentence comments about each runner(depending on time allowable given field size).

And trackside should be able to show the runners as they do so.

Each presenter/commentator should after that be able to quickly sum up their selections about 60-90 seconds before race start.Thats when the australian punters would be using that as a guide.

There has to be a better way to acknowledge the contribution each runner and connections make,than currently occurs.

Currently all we get are presenters/commentators going over their selections with unncessary long trackside shots of a favorite doing half a round warm up.

and often the presenters and commentators are selecting the same horses so we get a doubling of the same content.

All trackside presenters/commentators know how to say something in a way that is imformative and realistic without offending anyone about all runners.

For first starters the likes of what craig rail says about breeding could be appropriate as well as trial form.

to me our current trackside coverage dumbs down punters,doesn't recognise each runner and their connections contribution to each race and fails to punters a view of each horse that i believe is imprtant to see hoe the horse has presented and is acting pre race. 

Whale, Oconnor and Cross mention half the field every race and when one of the six or seven wins they slap each other on the back for tipping it out LOL. 

[Brodie]

On 7/10/2024 at 3:17 PM, the galah said:

Is it not time that trackside changed the way they do their pre race coverage.

Personally i much prefer the way the gallops do the pre race,over the way harness do theirs.

I would much rather have the trackside people,all of whom are very knowledgable and polite,go through the field naming each horse and driver and having either or,or both presenters making short and succint 2 to 4 sentence comments about each runner(depending on time allowable given field size).

And trackside should be able to show the runners as they do so.

Each presenter/commentator should after that be able to quickly sum up their selections about 60-90 seconds before race start.Thats when the australian punters would be using that as a guide.

There has to be a better way to acknowledge the contribution each runner and connections make,than currently occurs.

Currently all we get are presenters/commentators going over their selections with unncessary long trackside shots of a favorite doing half a round warm up.

and often the presenters and commentators are selecting the same horses so we get a doubling of the same content.

All trackside presenters/commentators know how to say something in a way that is imformative and realistic without offending anyone about all runners.

For first starters the likes of what craig rail says about breeding could be appropriate as well as trial form.

to me our current trackside coverage dumbs down punters,doesn't recognise each runner and their connections contribution to each race and fails to punters a view of each horse that i believe is imprtant to see hoe the horse has presented and is acting pre race. 

Do not really care if they mention every horse prior to a race as punters who follow form have already invested!

Do punters actually get talked into backing something just becsuseca Trackside presenter says something?

Still maintain that they are not that professional with some of their decisions they have brought in!

The removal of place dividends on screen and the very very poor website coming from Sport and  Racing Trusted for 20+ years is detrimental to attracting wagering eithout doubt!

The monkeys that do the  comments are just drongoes seriously!

[the galah]

18 hours ago, Brodie said:

Do not really care if they mention every horse prior to a race as punters who follow form have already invested!

Do punters actually get talked into backing something just becsuseca Trackside presenter says something?

Still maintain that they are not that professional with some of their decisions they have brought in!

The removal of place dividends on screen and the very very poor website coming from Sport and  Racing Trusted for 20+ years is detrimental to attracting wagering eithout doubt!

The monkeys that do the  comments are just drongoes seriously!

If what i suggested didn't work, then why do all the australian gallops meetings that get 3 o4 minutes lead in time do it.

australian gallops  set the gold standard for lead in content in my opinion.

For example i sometimes have a bet at the morphetville races on a saturday. The reason i do, is i listen to the  2 informative presenters  and they are able to go through the whole field within a couple of minutes. they don't have the times to show each horse as its being commented on like say rosehill,but they also don't have their tv cameras focused just on a handful of horses and eventually you get to see them all,often when being loaded.

The vast majority of casual punters bet in the last couple of minutes. Brodie,you may have made up your mind sometime beforehand,but your not a casual punter and its the casual punter,who if given pre race exposure,will make the difference between an average race turnover to a good race turnover.

Thats obvious if you watchhow tote turnovers increase and prices fluctuate when a race is given pre race exposure in australia.

You have to tick the boxes that encourage everyone to invest,not just those who have good knowledge of form.

as to punters getting talked into something pre race.

again,if you follow the money,they do.

I posted a couple of years ago the impact matt cross had on tote and ff prices one sunday at rangiora,by giving his selections in the last minute.

at that point the tab website had it so you could analyse the price fluctuations.

That day at rangiora his selections prices dropped between 30-40% on average for the whole card, from when he gave his selections out. That was a day without a presenter on course.

and i think everyone that presents a horse to race should get a least a brief mention as every horses connections have people viewing the race for that reason.

Edited October 9 by the galah