ABC's coverage is pathetic

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:18 pm

you don't interview a rider in a million dollar grade 1 while he is warming his horse up in the post parade.

we don't care what an actor thinks about the race either

HR LLC · Postby **HR LLC** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:47 pm

They had a lot of technical issues today. Numerous problems today. At the end of the race, Recce Davis was interviewing Steve A(trainer of curlin). You could not hear the interview because it sounded like someone was talking over Steve and Recce Davis. That was very bad. I wont even mention the numerous issues with Jeannie Edwards and her mic...

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:50 pm

Yes, the audio sucked today. I can see a technical flub here and there, but it seemed like the audio guys were asleep at the wheel. And the overlap between two interviews...made ESPN/ABC look like a high school AV Club.

One thing I did like was the piece on Cajun jockeys...beer cans and chickens "riding" horses...gotta love it!

Discovery · Postby **Discovery** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:51 pm

I had someone call when they were almost all in the gates, then I went to watch hah

gotpaints · Postby **gotpaints** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:52 pm

It sounded like they were interviewing both Rags to Riches owners and Steve.

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:05 pm

In a nutshell-a production disaster. I've seen more production value on community access cable television. All that said nothing could take away from the stirring stretch drive Rags and Curlin put on in a race that I consider the true test of a champion.

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:09 pm

Hopefully they will have the "bugs" figured out before the Breeder's Cup...

oliverstoned · Postby **oliverstoned** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:50 pm

Shockingly incompetent job by ABC/ESPN and that stupid Jerry O Connel Actor 1st with the Queen at the portolet joke at the Derby than the bet the last horse that poops joke today, what a unfunny ass is he.

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:59 pm

I, for one, missed seeing the Beulah Twins today. Their absence on days like this is a tragedy.

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:21 pm

I could have sworn I heard one of the ESPN announcers say "We're going to recrap the other two Triple Crown races." He corrected himself, but I had a good chuckle from what I thought I heard first....

:lol:

clh · Postby **clh** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:29 pm

They spend a day long covering the race - and do a terrible job of it in my opinion. Hubby and I were talking and we thought it would be very interesting if they really were interested in getting more people involved in the sport, if they talked more about the:

1) horse's pedigrees and what their dams and sires had accomplished, and listed their pedigrees as they came to the post for those just watching THE race and not all the other stuff leading up to the race.
2) interviewed the breeders of those horses to determine what their thoughts were when they made the decisions to breed those particular horses.

More info like that. For god's sake it has to be more entertaining and informative than the other crap they use for fillers.

Interviewing the second place winner before the first place winner was a complete faux paux especially since you could hear the first place winner being interviewed over the second place winner.

Too bad they don't have radio coverage so you could turn off the t.v. people and watch it and listen to it on t.v. like we used to do when we watched football games.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:43 pm

thank god for HRTV. i watch ESPN, ABC and NBC as little as possible. I will even take TVG over them.. and I'm not a TVG fan except on Friday nights

On HRTV they are asking real questions.. how is the pace going to break down, who can get the distance, etc... on ABC they are asking Rebecca Roman-Stamos's BF what are his opinions... who gives a crap!!!! You think just because he is famous I care what he thinks?

All must bow down to the coverage they have over in Dubai however. unreal. The camera angles, the track announcer.... the broadcasters even know how to handicap! however I really just like the accents of the people. they really could learn a think or two about the camera angles...starting to get better

KBEquine · Postby **KBEquine** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 6:59 am

As a former sports writer & current horse race enthusiast, I found the audio portion shockingly bad.

And while I'm never shy about sharing an opinion, I almost never actually contact a network to tell them their coverage was bad, as I think they can figure it out for themselves.

But by the time I was straining to hear the interview between the male interviewer & Asmussen about Curlin's race, while hearing a voiceover from a female interviewer and some connection of Rags to Riches, I'd had enough.

Not that I think ABC will care.

Mood Swings · Postby **Mood Swings** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 7:02 am

Did anyone else catch the glip near the end when the announcer mentioned Street Sense as the winner of the Belmont :lol:

He caught his mistake and nervously said that oh he wasn't even in the Belmont.

Barbaro06 · Postby **Barbaro06** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:08 am

Mood Swings wrote:Did anyone else catch the glip near the end when the announcer mentioned Street Sense as the winner of the Belmont He caught his mistake and nervously said that oh he wasn't even in the Belmont.

Good gravy!! You got to be joking!! :shock: